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… Newborn blood spot card screening Last updated October 1, 2022 HealthLink BC …
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… Healthy Eating to Lower High Blood Pressure Last updated April 25, 2023 HealthLink BC … Punjabi Document Spanish Document Vietnamese Having high blood pressure means that blood is pushing too hard against artery walls. This can …
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… Contact with blood or body fluids: Protecting against infection Last … Document Punjabi Document Spanish Document Vietnamese Blood and body fluids, such as saliva, semen and vaginal … object to pick up used condoms, needles and syringes. Discard condoms in a plastic bag. Needles and syringes should …
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… sounds. This is why it is important that every baby have a newborn hearing screening. What will a hearing screening be like for my baby? Hearing tests are important for newborn babies and families because much can be done if …
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… amounts of hepatitis B antibodies taken from donated human blood. Antibodies are proteins that a person’s immune system … be passed on through the use of HBIg. However, since blood screening and testing began, there have been no reports of … with a person with hepatitis B Survivors of sexual assault Newborns and infants less than 12 months of age whose …
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… Type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that infects human white blood cells. It can cause disease of the nervous system or … being infected. People who get sick may develop a rare blood cancer called adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), … Blood Services (formerly Canadian Red Cross) has been screening all blood donations for HTLV-1 since April 1990 …
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… 10 feet) away from the TV screen. Place the television in a spot that reduces glare or use soft lighting What about … Age Children and Their Vision For information on vision screening, contact your local public health unit. To find an …
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… and loss of appetite. A few days later, a rash appears. Red spots appear first on the face and scalp, and then spread quickly down the body and to the arms and legs. The spots become very itchy and begin to look like blisters, … will only need to stay at home and rest. Pregnant women, newborn infants, and people with weakened immune systems who …
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… away from the television screen. Place the television in a spot that reduces glare or use soft lighting What about … Children and Their Vision For more information on vision screening, contact your local public health unit. To find an …
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… on the tongue or on the gums. A day or 2 later, small red spots may appear on the palms of the hands or fingers, soles … on the knees, elbows and buttocks (bum). These red spots may turn into blisters. The spots and blisters usually … before they give birth may pass the virus to their baby. Newborn babies infected with the virus usually have a mild …
