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Dr Cole Stanley: helping patients with Opioid Use Disorder

When opioid overdoses and deaths reached stunning proportions in 2016 and 2017, and a public health crisis was declared, Dr Cole Stanley recognized that he and his colleagues might be able to better serve their patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). Having recently completed quality improvement training by the Specialist Services Committee’s Physician Quality Improvement […]

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HIV Monitoring Quarterly Reports, Second Quarter 2019

HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for British Columbia, Second Quarter 2019 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for Fraser Health, Second Quarter 2019 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for Interior Health, Second Quarter 2019 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for Northern Health, Second Quarter 2019 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report for Vancouver Coastal Health, Second Quarter 2019 HIV Monitoring Quarterly Report

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HIV infections have fallen by 52% since 2011: Vancouver Coastal Health

Health officials in Metro Vancouver are celebrating a more than 50-per-cent reduction in new HIV infections over the past eight years. In a statement, Vancouver Coastal Health said 86 people in the region were diagnosed with the virus in 2018, a 52-per-cent drop from the 178 diagnosed in 2011. The health authority added that the

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During the Canada Post strike announced September 25, 2025, the following measures will be undertaken to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.

  • The BC-CfE Laboratory has transitioned to private courier for delivery of outgoing reports and documents. Results required urgently can be faxed upon request. (Lab Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8775; FAX 604-806-9463)
  • The BC-CfE Drug Treatment Program (DTP) will fax outgoing forms and documents to the provider’s office. (DTP Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8515; FAX 604-806-9044)
  • St. Paul’s Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy has transitioned to private courier for delivery of medications. We recommend requesting medication at least 2 weeks in advance in case of delivery delays, particularly to rural/remote parts of BC. (Contact Information: Phone 1-800-547-3622; FAX 604-806-8675)

During the Canada Post strike, we recommend that documents be faxed or couriered to our sites, versus utilization of regular mail service

The BC-CfE Laboratory is streamlining reporting processes for certain tests in order to simplify distribution and record-keeping, and to ensure completeness of results. Beginning September 2, 2025, results for the ‘Resistance Analysis of HIV-1 Protease and Reverse Transcriptase’ (Protease-RT) and ‘HIV-1 Integrase Resistance Genotype’ tests will be combined into a single ‘HIV-1 Resistance Genotype Report’.
For more details and example reports, please click on the button below