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Can-Med is located in beautiful Victoria, the capital city of the province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island.  Victoria has an international Airport and is also accessible by ferry, float plane and Heli-jet  from nearby Vancouver. Our facility is within a 10 minute drive from downtown Victoria’s  inner harbor. Can-Med’s offices are located on the third floor of the Lansdowne Medical Center, a multi-tenant medical facility at the corner of Hillside Avenue and Shelbourne Street.

Can-Med’s facility consists of two separate offices. Both offices contain private examination rooms used for conducting the informed consent process, discussions with patients and performing study related assessments. Certain procedures and assessments are also conducted in Dr. Pommerville’s office on the second floor and blood sampling and assessment may be performed by Life Labs,  also conveniently located on the second floor. The following tables summarize the major features of our facility. A tour of our facilities can be arranged by contacting our Chief Administrative Officer.
 

Area

Description

Waiting Room Welcoming, uncluttered and comfortable waiting rooms complete with current magazines.
Welcome Desk Located adjacent to the waiting room, our clinical research assistant is available to greet patients and welcome and sign-in monitors and other visitors.
Examination Rooms A total of 5 private examination rooms
Laboratory A laboratory area is located in the main facility, complete with an area for blood sampling, processing, labeling and packaging.
Investigational Product Storage Area A separate, locked, temperature-monitored room is available for storage of investigational products at room temperature in the main facility.
Medical Chart and CRF Room A secure, locked filing room houses CRFs and source documents for current studies.
Monitor Rooms Can-Med can effectively accommodate up to 3 monitors on one day in private areas. Two rooms have been set aside for monitors within Can-Med's facility and a boardroom down the hallway is also available for booking as needed.
Additional Offices Additional offices house business and administrative staff, including our Chief Administrative Officer and Accountant
Restrooms Each office equipped with a clean, spacious restroom
Kichen Area A small kitchen area is available with coffee supplies, a sink and a microwave
Document preparation area A counter for organizing and collating documents is located next to the photocopy machine
   

Equipment

Availability

-20 Degree Freezer One, temperature monitored
-80 Degree Freezer One, temperature monitored
4 Degree Refrigerator Two, one at Can-Med and one is available in Dr. Pommerville's office
Urodynamics Machine One (Laborie), available in Dr. Pommerville's office
Bladder Scan Machine (urosonography) One
Centrifuge Two ( one refrigerated and one at room temperature)
ECG Machine One, calibrated annually
Staff Computers, MS office, Email Upgraded in 2007, Microsoft Windows XP Operating System
High-speed Internet access Yes
Antivirus software/ firewall Yes
Secure offsite electronic data storage Yes
Internet access for Monitor Laptops Yes, via network or wireless
Electronic Medical Records Yes, Health Suite
Photocopier, scanner, fax Yes
   

Off-Site, Collaborative Facilities

Description

CT Scan CML Healthcare Imaging
DEXA Bone Density CML Healthcare Imaging
NMR Bone Scans MRI
Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria General Hospital
X-Rays CML Healthcare Imaging
Blood Sampling and Assessment Life Labs Inc. (fomerly MDS Labs) - located on second floor below Can-Med
Archiving ACCESS Records & Media Management Ltd. Victoria
Operating Rooms Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria General Hospital
Pathology services Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria General Hospital