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- 7/7/2020
Experts outline key steps for hospitals to welcome back family caregivers during COVID-19
The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement released a new report that outlines key steps and resources for hospitals to welcome back family caregivers. The report, Re-Integration of Family Caregivers as Essential Partners in Care in a Time of COVID-19, was developed with experts from across the country including patient, family and caregiver partners. - 7/7/2020
Overdose deaths increase by 93% among B.C. First Nations
Measures to control the spread of COVID-19 have led to people overdosing alone as they are less likely to access harm-reduction services - 7/7/2020
Is COVID-19 airborne? Experts say term is incorrect for describing transmission
A group of 239 scientists and physicians urging the World Health Organization to recognize the potential for airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus have sparked debate over how COVID-19 is spreading. But some Canadian infectious disease experts say not to get hung up on the term "airborne,'' and that the safety precautions we're already taking to slow the spread of the virus are working. - 7/7/2020
Community pharmacy staff are the overlooked frontline workers
'Do we really have to prove that we’re frontline workers' - 7/7/2020
Alberta pilot has pharmacists testing asymptomatic people for COVID-19
Minor ailment authority for strep throat prepared pharmacists for COVID-19 throat swab testing procedure - 7/7/2020
Three patients dead as Edmonton hospital declares full COVID-19 outbreak
An outbreak at the Misericordia Community Hospital was first declared by Alberta's chief medical health officer two weeks ago, and restrictions were tightened as case numbers increased.