Regional Infectious Diseases Program

The Infectious Diseases program at Interior Health is dedicated to providing evidence-based care to our community. Learn more about the Infectious Diseases services offered to support your health.

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National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
- https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization/national-advisory-committee-on-immunization-naci.html
Immunize bc
- https://immunizebc.ca/
Canimmunize – digital app for vaccine records
- https://www.canimmunize.ca/en/home
Immunize Canada
- https://immunize.ca/

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Home IV antibiotic therapy
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2737175
Medications for treating infection
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2758453
Penicillin allergy
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2720729
Herd immunity
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2772168
Influenza vaccine
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2770159
Seasonal influenza vaccine
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769679
Influenza prevention
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2755650
High risk groups for influenza complications
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2772692
Pneumococcal vaccine
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2110971
Shingles vaccination
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2688571
Norovirus
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2756184
Mono
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2512787
Measles
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/2757303
Mumps
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2749600
COVID Variants (Sept 2021)
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2783248
Caring for someone with covid
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2770415
Covid (but out of date as 2020)
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768390
Hep A
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2661517
Screening for Hep B in non pregnant adolescents and adults
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2774051
Screening for Hep C
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762184
Treating hep C
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2717476
Hep E
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765731
Cellulitis
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/2771021
Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2732575
Periorbital and orbital cellulitis
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2758601
Skin abscess
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2677448
Staph infection
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/1171925
MRSA infections
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1104555
NonTB Mycobacterial Infections
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2778805
Screening for latent TB
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2547757
C diff
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1920973
Gonorrhea and Chlamydia screening
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2784141
Behavioural counselling to reduce STI
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769469
Gonorrhea
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2712562
Genital warts
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2724027
Syphilis Screening
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2526641
Screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2751721
Leptospirosis
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2725690
Ebola
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1915432
Zika
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2514045
Malaria
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/186878
Coccidiodomycosis
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1788460
Cryptosporidiosis
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2759006
Candida aureus infection
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2752927
Giardiasis
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2778110
SBP
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777471
Endocarditis
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2686796
Sepsis
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/186795
Diabetic foot ulcer
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2720026
Neutropenia
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2694880
Pneumonia
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2488310
Meningococcal meningitis
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2727450
Pyoderma gangrenosum
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/1900680
Venous ulcers
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/2431223

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