2023-08-01 04:00:00
In the context of the vast reform of the health and social services network (RSSS) initiated by the Minister of Health, Mr. Christian Dubé, it is important to emphasize the crucial importance of the role of the members of the Ordre des chimistes du Quebec (Order) within the healthcare system and upstream of it, and to demystify the functions they perform there.
Considering that scientific and technological advances play a preponderant role for the health and well-being of the population, the members of our professional order position themselves as important players, particularly in the protection of public health, by developing and ensuring the quality of pharmaceutical products, by working in research laboratories on therapeutic and diagnostic innovations, by analyzing contaminants harmful to humans, as well as by formulating advice and recommendations aimed at ensuring the use and safe storage of hazardous materials.
Impact important
Biochemists, including clinical biochemists, occupy strategic – and often unrecognized – positions in the care chain. Nevertheless, despite their work behind the scenes, they contribute significantly to the quality of care offered to users by hospital medical biology laboratories. Supported by medical technologists and in collaboration with other health professionals, clinical biochemists are laboratory specialists whose work has a direct impact in order to determine an efficient method of screening, diagnosis, prognosis and follow-up. evolution of a disease as well as the effectiveness of a treatment.
In times of pandemic, alongside microbiologists, there are no better examples of the contribution of chemists and biochemists to the health of the population than the development of messenger RNA vaccines and antivirals, the formulation of disinfectant products for hands and surfaces, and the detection of coronavirus in municipal wastewater to predict the arrival of new waves of propagation. As a bonus, members of the Order contributed to the vast vaccination campaign against COVID-19.
Essential
Beyond their essential contribution to the health network and to public health, the expertise of chemists and biochemists in the search for sustainable solutions in terms of environmental health makes them essential players in the evaluation and control of substances. potentially hazardous chemicals to the public. As a result, members of the Order and their biologist colleagues actively contribute to the preservation of the environment and the prevention of health risks related to toxic exposures.
Finally, the Ordre des chimistes du Québec is deeply committed to protecting the public, particularly in improving the health and well-being of the population, and will continue to work to support the present and future challenges of the Québec Health in which its members play a unique and irreplaceable role. It is thanks to their expertise on molecules and their various applications, particularly in health, the environment and the pharmaceutical field, that chemists and biochemists have been contributing for decades to the protection of the public within the RSSS.
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Mr. Michel Alsayegh, President of the Order of Chemists of Quebec
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