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Health risks associated with tanning facilities

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9880

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-82; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, will call on governments to strengthen labelling requirements on tanning equipment and require signage in tanning facilities that outlines the carcinogenic potential and overall health risks associated with tanning facilities.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-82; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, will call on governments to strengthen labelling requirements on tanning equipment and require signage in tanning facilities that outlines the carcinogenic potential and overall health risks associated with tanning facilities.

Regulating the artificial tanning industry

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9881

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-83; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, affiliate and associate organizations and other stakeholders, will call on all levels of government to regulate the artificial tanning industry, with a focus on banning access to children and youth under 18 years of age.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-83; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, affiliate and associate organizations and other stakeholders, will call on all levels of government to regulate the artificial tanning industry, with a focus on banning access to children and youth under 18 years of age.

Comprehensive pregnancy care

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9882

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-84; The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations, affiliate and associate organizations, and other stakeholders to further develop educational materials for primary care providers and women on the importance of pre-pregnancy and early-pregnancy health, and early access to comprehensive pregnancy care.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-84; The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations, affiliate and associate organizations, and other stakeholders to further develop educational materials for primary care providers and women on the importance of pre-pregnancy and early-pregnancy health, and early access to comprehensive pregnancy care.

Installation of automatic external defibrillators in public facilities

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9884

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-87; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, supports where feasible and cost-effective the installation of automatic external defibrillators in public facilities and high traffic areas such as sports arenas.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-87; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, supports where feasible and cost-effective the installation of automatic external defibrillators in public facilities and high traffic areas such as sports arenas.

Prenatal screening tests

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9885

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC10-86; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations and other stakeholders, calls on governments to offer, promote and fund prenatal screening tests for the most common chromosomal abnormalities.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC10-86; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations and other stakeholders, calls on governments to offer, promote and fund prenatal screening tests for the most common chromosomal abnormalities.

Pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9901

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-78; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, urges governments to ensure that liquor boards and other relevant bodies comply with existing Health Canada regulations for the sale of pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-78; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, urges governments to ensure that liquor boards and other relevant bodies comply with existing Health Canada regulations for the sale of pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks.

Antibiotic resistant organisms in humans

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9902

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-79; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, will work with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada to investigate the agriculture-related release of antibiotic resistant organisms and residual antibiotics into earth and water ecosystems, as well as the role they play in the emergence of antibiotic resistant organisms in humans.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-79; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, will work with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada to investigate the agriculture-related release of antibiotic resistant organisms and residual antibiotics into earth and water ecosystems, as well as the role they play in the emergence of antibiotic resistant organisms in humans.

Antibiotics in animals

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9904

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-81; The Canadian Medical Association calls on the federal government to investigate animal husbandry techniques that decrease the need for antibiotics in animals and to support techniques proven to be effective.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-81; The Canadian Medical Association calls on the federal government to investigate animal husbandry techniques that decrease the need for antibiotics in animals and to support techniques proven to be effective.

Mixed Martial Arts

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9906

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-88; The Canadian Medical Association advocates for a ban on Mixed Martial Arts prize fighting matches in Canada.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-88; The Canadian Medical Association advocates for a ban on Mixed Martial Arts prize fighting matches in Canada.

Medical records

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9923

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety; Health information and e-health

Resolution: GC10-106; The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations and other stakeholders including patients to develop a national strategy for the long-term retention, retrieval and disposal of medical records.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety; Health information and e-health

Resolution: GC10-106; The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations and other stakeholders including patients to develop a national strategy for the long-term retention, retrieval and disposal of medical records.

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