Initiatives to reduce rates of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) include care bundles focused on mitigating risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) [1]. Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a preventable HAI estimated to affect 8-28% of intubated
Nearly a third of all children in Haiti – numbering around 1.5 million - are in urgent need of emergency relief due to rising violence, insufficient access to clean water, health and nutrition, said the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF on Friday.
In this manuscript, we investigate a novel Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Quarantined-Recovered (SEIQR) COVID-19 propagation model with two delays, and we also consider supply chain transmission and hierarchical quarantine rate in this model. Firstly
The world is still under the threat of different strains of the coronavirus and the pandemic situation is far from over. The method, that is widely used for the detection of COVID-19 is Reverse Transcription Polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), which
CONCLUSION: An MDT meeting which triages referrals is cost-effective at reducing unnecessary referrals. This can limit unnecessary exposure of patients who may have an underlying diagnosis of cancer to a high-risk environment, and reduces burden on
People in the eastern Fraser Valley now have better access to emergency services as an expanded emergency department at Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre officially opened on June 8, 2021.
People living in the eastern Fraser Valley region, including Abbotsford, Mission, Agassiz/Harrison, Chilliwack and Hope, will soon have better access to emergency services as construction on an expanded emergency department at Abbotsford Regional
Dr. Shane Neilson discusses what it's like to navigate medical education and the medical profession with a mental illness. He discusses what has changed over the years, and what areas are still in need of improvement.
Dr. Shane Neilson is a disabled