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Promoting Health and Wellness for Clients and their Families [English] Permalink Public

This fact sheet discusses the reasoning and benefits behind Fraser Health's stand on harm reduction, as well as related services available to clients and their families. (English) Black & White

Catalogue Number:
262645
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Understanding Substance Use [English] Permalink Public

Psychoactive substances include alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs, some medications, and caffeine. How these substances are used, how often they are used, how much is used, and the settings in which they are used all contribute to how each substance affects the body and mind. This fact sheet provides examples of this and information on how to minimize the harm associated with using these substances. (English)

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http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/sites/default/files/he...

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Cannabis (Marijuana) [English] Permalink Public

A fact sheet discussing this drug in detail, including the recreational and medicinal uses. (English)

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https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/sites/default/files/l...

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Methamphetamine [English] Permalink Public

A fact sheet on the effects and reasons for use of this synthetic drug. (English)

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Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) - InPatient (Surrey Memorial Hospital, Mission Memorial Hospital, Eagle Ridge Hospital, Peace Arch Hospital, Ridge Meadows Hospital, Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, Chilliwack General Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital, Burnaby Hospital, Langley Memorial Hospital, Delta Hospital, Fraser Canyon Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

MRSA is a type of common bacteria which has become resistant to most of the antibiotics normally used to treat it. This fact sheet for patients and families discusses ways to prevent the spread of MRSA at home and in the hospital. (English) Colour

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English (252667), Punjabi (265999)

Catalogue Number:
252667
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Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

This fact sheet explains why it is important to prevent this infection from spreading to other patients in the hospital, or to your friends and family when you go home. (English) Colour

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English (253976), Chinese - Simplified (264186), Chinese - Traditional (264187), Punjabi (264185)

Catalogue Number:
253976
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Progressive Weaning Unit (Burnaby Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

After a difficult injury or illness, you might find yourself dependent on ventilator technology in order to breathe. The Progressive Weaning Unit (PWU) is a program designed to get a patient who is in the recovery and rehabilitation stage to breathe on his own, done in a planned step-wise fashion. (English) Colour

Catalogue Number:
262045
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Patient Family Instructions - If You Want to Die Naturally at Home [English] Permalink Public

Page 2 of this form provides information for those facing end of life decisions, specifically what arrangements are required and which people to contact if your decision is to die naturally in your own home. (English)

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https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/forms/302...

Catalogue Number:
262042
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Perclose - Patient Home Care Instructions [English] Permalink Public

Following your catheterization procedure, your doctor closed the opening in the artery in your groin with a Perclose device. The device was introduced through a small incision, and the following will instruct you on how to care for the incision site as well as provide other helpful information. (English) Black & White

Catalogue Number:
262044
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Biopsy (Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre) [English] Permalink Public

Information for those patients who have just had a biopsy (removal of tissue sample) performed. (English) Black & White

Catalogue Number:
104630
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This catalogue serves the people using Fraser Health programs and services in communities from Burnaby east to Hope and surrounding areas.

Our goal is to provide you with reliable information in a way that you can find what you need, understand what you find, and use it to make decisions about your health.

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