BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)

Provides 24-hour poison information services to the public. Also provides drug information services to health professionals in order to help them provide optimal levels of drug therapy from 9 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday. Compiles reports of adverse drug reactions and relays this information to Healt...

Automated service provides COVID-19 test results to BC residents who have been tested through the public health system and have a BC personal health number. Other ways of getting PCR test results are described at www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/testing/test-results.

Responsible for surveillance and control of many communicable diseases; scientists monitor and evaluate case outbreaks to develop prevention and control policies. Also responsible for planning, monitoring, implementation support, and evaluation of current and future immunization programs.

Provide services to investigate and monitor foodborne illness in BC, including laboratory testing of food and clinical samples, and tracking and disease surveillance at a population level. Also provides policy and scientific advice to local health authorities and to the public; develops guidelines a...

A free, confidential online testing service for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis C. Online, users set up an account, and complete a sexual history questionnaire to determine what tests are recommended. Users can print out a lab form to bring to participating LifeLabs locations wher...

Provides services to enhance the knowledge, skills, resources, and supports for individuals, families, and communities to be safer and healthier. Service areas include impaired driving prevention campaigns, peer support programs, needle distribution programs, substitution therapies, supervised consu...

Provides leadership for a coordinated strategy that focuses on prevention and care services for individuals and populations with or at risk of viral hepatitis in BC.

Provides free and anonymous testing, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for sexual health and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Serves individuals with or without MSP coverage. Hours are 8:30 am to 7:30 pm Mondays and Fridays, 8:30 am to 4 pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 am to 4 pm T...

Provides diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with active tuberculosis (TB) disease or latent TB infection in clinics in Vancouver and New Westminster. Also offers information, resources, and multilingual education materials about TB and related issues. New Westminster clinic located at 10...