Kelowna General Hospital is a 344-bed tertiary referral hospital within the Interior Health Authority of British Columbia, which offers all major medical specialties to about 300 000 people in the Okanagan Valley. Infectious Diseases, a consultative service at Kelowna General Hospital, comprises one infectious diseases physician and one pharmacist. Denise Sprague currendy holds the pharmacist position within this service. She and the physician work closely with other health care professionals, including the clinical microbiologist, the microbiology laboratory technicians, the home IV therapy pharmacist, the Vascular Access Program nurses, and infection control practitioners, among others. The Infectious Diseases service typically receives 5 to 10 new inpatient consults per week (primarily adults), with ongoing follow-up of 15 to 25 inpatients.
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