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Guidance on planning for recovery following a nuclear or radiological emergency
This document provides guidance for decision makers on planning for recovery from nuclear and radiological emergencies. It does not include any regulations or requirements.... -
Making urgently needed drugs available
Responding to the Opioid Crisis and Other Emergency Situations. -
Canadian Guide on Medical Management of Radiation Emergencies
This guide covers basic information on the following: hazards associated with radiation emergencies, radiation health effects, radiation detection and measurement, protection of... -
About radiological and nuclear emergencies
A nuclear or radiological emergency is an event that has led, or could lead, to a radiological threat to public health and safety, property, or the environment. -
Wildfire smoke 101: Combined wildfire smoke and heat
English: In Canada, wildfire season occurs between April and October each year and can coincide with periods of extreme heat. It is important to know how to... -
Health Facilities Preparation for Extreme Heat: Recommendations for...
The number of heat waves and extreme heat events is increasing. Extreme heat is a health risk. People in non-air conditioned buildings or in buildings during power outages are... -
Three ways to protect you and your loved ones during an extreme heat event
Be informed, get hydrated and stay cool. -
Reducing urban heat islands to protect health in Canada
English: "Urban heat islands" (UHIs) refer to warmer temperatures in urban areas than in surrounding rural areas. These warmer temperatures can magnify health... -
Fact Sheet: Staying Healthy in the Heat
What are the signs and symptoms of heat illness? Who is most at risk? And Safety Tips. -
Community Care During Extreme Heat: Heat Illness: Prevention and Preliminary Care
English: 2011 Health Canada fact sheet on community care, heat illnesses and recommended actions to help avoid heat illnesses. Francais: 2011... -
Heat Alert and Response Systems to Protect Health: Best Practices Guidebook
Even though heat-related deaths are preventable, extreme heat events have been associated with sudden, short-term increases in mortality, especially among older adults, those... -
Extreme heat and human health: For pharmacists and pharmacist technicians
English: As the number of extreme heat events in Canada increases each year due to climate change, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians can expect an increase... -
Keep children cool! Protect your child from extreme heat
Extreme heat, and heat related illnesses, are especially dangerous for infants and young children. -
Extreme Heat Events Guidelines: Technical Guide for Health Care Workers
Heat and especially extreme heat can cause a range of heat-related illnesses and exacerbate certain chronic conditions. -
Extreme heat: heat waves
English: Many places in Canada have a high number of extreme heat events, often called heat waves. Extreme heat can put your health at risk, causing illnesses... -
Mandatory reporting of serious adverse drug reactions and medical device...
This is a public health concern resulting in significant costs to the health care system as well as individual impacts on Canadians. Health Canada's monitoring of therapeutic... -
Canada Consumer Product Safety Act: Preparing and Maintaining Documents
Under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, anyone who manufactures, imports, advertises, sells or tests a consumer product must prepare and maintain certain documents. The... -
Module 2: Reporting processes to Health Canada
Educational module includes considerations for mandatory reporting of adverse drug reactions and medical device incidents, reporting options to Health Canada, differentiating... -
Health Canada's role in the Management and Prevention of Harmful Medication Incidents
An important part of patient safety is medication safety, as medication incidents are a leading cause of patient injury. Health Canada, as the federal regulator has a role to... -
Adverse reactions, medical device incidents and health product recalls in...
Each year, Health Canada receives thousands of reports of suspected adverse reactions (side effects) about drugs and natural health products and of suspected medical device...
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