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Vancouver Coastal Health and Teck Partner to Study How Bacteria-killing Copper Can Reduce the Risk of Infection Transmission in Long-term Care Homes

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Teck Resources Limited and VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation are partnering to study how antimicrobial copper can be used to prevent infections and improve health outcomes in three long-term care homes across the VCH region. Funded by Teck, it will be the first study of its size in Canada.

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Notable construction milestones achieved on new Paul Myers Tower at Lions Gate Hospital

​Construction on the new Paul Myers Tower is rapidly progressing, set to transform the future of care for our Coastal communities.

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How childhood days spent with his father led to working on the largest hospital redevelopment project at VCH

​Sam McLeod is a Project Manager with the Richmond Hospital Redevelopment Project. Ever since moving from a small town in Saskatchewan to Vancouver over 20 years ago, his contributions to maintain and improve Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) buildings have been extensive. Now, almost a year into his role, he is excited for what comes next on this 10-year project. This is his story.

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Indigenous doulas improve cultural safety and access to reproductive care

​Indigenous doulas play a crucial role in providing culturally appropriate support to Indigenous women, Two-Spirit, trans and gender diverse people during the perinatal period and beyond. Serving as strategic leads on doula care at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Danette Jubinville and Olivia Louie are two such doulas who are bringing this role back.

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Bringing nature indoors: Tranquility Lounge provides therapy for long-term care residents

A Horticultural Therapist and the Recreation Therapy team at a Vancouver Coastal Health long-term care centre aimed to bring nature to residents with a recent project.

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VCH provides award-winning quality care

The BC Patient Safety & Quality Council has announced the 2023 BC Quality Awards which recognizes the people and projects that have improved the quality of health care in British Columbia. VCH was awarded six awards in total.

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