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… Program. Your baby’s hearing screening may happen in the hospital before you go home or in your community soon after birth. Most babies born in a hospital are screened before they leave the hospital. If your baby did not receive a hearing screening, …
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… wrong, call your doctor or 8-1-1 , or take your baby to the hospital or health clinic. The most important thing to … 24 hours a day, 7 days a week or you can call your local hospital or health clinic for other contacts in your … PURPLE Crying ® program materials that you received at the hospital. For mothers that did not give birth at a hospital
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… upset (for example, their block tower has fallen over), be patient and empathetic. This will help give them confidence … information on keeping your child safe, visit BC Children’s Hospital’s …
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… and prevents the spread of disease between you and your patients, and between you and your family and friends. What … to the potential spread to pregnant health care workers and patients. Hepatitis B Hepatitis B vaccine is recommended for … risk of getting and spreading the influenza virus to their patients, families and friends. It is important to prevent …
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… Toxic shock syndrome requires immediate emergency care in a hospital. Call 9-1-1 or go to the nearest emergency … is the treatment for TSS? TSS cannot be treated at home. Hospital care is required to treat a staph infection and …
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… protection against severe COVID-19 illness, including hospitalization and death. When you get immunized, you help … have no symptoms or only mild symptoms, others can require hospitalization and may die. Serious illness is more common …
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… second half of their pregnancy are at much greater risk of hospitalization following infection with influenza virus. In Canada, thousands of people are hospitalized and may die from influenza and its …
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… What is the treatment? Early diagnosis and treatment in a hospital can save your child’s life. Treatment includes …
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… rotavirus disease, and almost all severe cases, including hospitalizations. When you get your child immunized you help … flu. Rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrhea and hospitalization for diarrhea in children under 5 years of …
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… protection against severe COVID-19 illness, including hospitalization and death. When you get immunized, you help … have no symptoms or only mild symptoms, others can require hospitalization and may die. Serious illness is more common …