COVID-19

Cough and cold: trends in treatment
Rapid tests slow to be used as health officials unsure of reliability, best use
The "gold-standard'' COVID-19 tests need to be processed in a lab, and usually take at least a day to provide results. Rapid tests can be processed in the same place a patient is tested, sometimes in as few as 15 minutes, but they are generally considered less reliable than lab results.

Nova Scotia pharmacist converts old ambulance into mobile flu vaccine clinic

Hatt typically sets up the clinic in the parking lot of a local community centre, dispensing with the need for more stringent COVID-19 protocols that would be needed for an indoor operation.
CPhA presents panel on networking for women in pharmacy
Ray of hope for pharmacy grads

While about 1,000 candidates took the November exam, it was cancelled in Toronto, with Ottawa's capacity reduced. Two days before the scheduled OSCE, 80 pharmacy grads in Toronto and 40 in Ottawa were disappointed when they received notice they couldn't take the exam as scheduled.
Keeping seniors safe in cold and flu season
Alberta considering shorter quarantines for healthcare workers with potential COVID-19 exposure

Currently, hospital staff including physicians and nurse aides must quarantine for 14 days after potential exposure to the virus. But Alberta's hospitals are doing their best to function with staffing shortages, with some hospitals having to close beds.
Flu shots help with government PPE in some provinces

Influenza vaccination programs have helped provincial advocacy bodies successfully make their case for government aid for personal protective equipment
Manitoba physicians frustrated by lack of guidance on urgent triage protocol questions

The report emphasized that physicians still don't know protocols around who will be denied care if hospitals are overwhelmed and don't have procedures in place to deal with a care-home outbreak that merits rapid intervention.
Pandemic sick benefits for physicians and other health professionals

Cough and cold: trends in treatment

Rapid tests slow to be used as health officials unsure of reliability, best use

Nova Scotia pharmacist converts old ambulance into mobile flu vaccine clinic

CPhA presents panel on networking for women in pharmacy

Ray of hope for pharmacy grads

Keeping seniors safe in cold and flu season

Alberta considering shorter quarantines for healthcare workers with potential COVID-19 exposure

Flu shots help with government PPE in some provinces

Manitoba physicians frustrated by lack of guidance on urgent triage protocol questions

Pandemic sick benefits for physicians and other health professionals