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Resources and Tools

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The Home Care and Community Health Support Pocketbook was created to bring awareness to several health and safety issues faced in home and community care.
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In long-term care it is increasingly apparent that who is on shift is just as important as how many staff are on shift. Quality care is difficult to achieve when we do not routinely engage with one another in a positive, or civil, manner.
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Programs & Services

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Leading from the Inside Out
Leading from the Inside Out waitlist
Leading from the Inside Out provides a safe space for leaders in continuing care to share their challenges and learn self-care practices.
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The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum is recognized as best-practice in violence prevention training for health care workers.
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Guidelines & Regulations

Guidelines and Regulations

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WorkSafeBC’s healthcare and social services planned inspection initiative focuses on high-risk activities in the workplace that lead to serious injuries and time-loss claims.
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WorkSafeBC is releasing a discussion paper with proposed amendments to the Current Rehabilitation Services and Claims Manual that guide wage rate decisions related to short-term and long-term disability compensation. Recommended amendments include: These changes may affect your claims costs. Click here to view the proposed changes and offer feedback to WorkSafeBC – The deadline is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, […]
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Health and safety information for health professionals

The Provincial Health Officer provides independent advice to public officials on public health issues.

Provincial Health Officer

The Provincial Health Officer (PHO) is the senior public health official for British Columbia. The PHO provides independent advice to public officials on public health issues. Their responsibilities include:

  • Provides independent advice to Ministers and public officials on public health issues;
  • Monitors the health of the population of British Columbia and advises, in an independent manner, the ministers and public officials on public health issues and the need for public health-related legislation, policies and practices;
  • Recommends actions to improve health and wellness in BC;
  • Delivers reports that are in the public interest and annual reports on the health of the population and the government’s progress in achieving population health targets;
  • Establishes standards of practice for and conducts performance reviews of Medical Health Officers and
  • Works with the BC Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and BC’s Medical Health Officers to fulfill their legislated disease control and health protection mandates.

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BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)

The BC Centre for Disease Control produces and shares evidence-based information, education and resources about disease control with health professionals across the province.

Find information for health professionals at the BCCDC website, including:

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