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Clinical Care | Office Readiness
COVID-19 Treatments
- Guideline – Recommended Drugs and Biologics in Adult Patients with COVID-19 (Science Advisory Table, April 1, 2022)
- Patient information – If I get COVID, is there a medication I can take? (Confused about COVID series)
- Clinical Assessment Centres – FAQs, Jan. 2022
- OCFP Summary: OH guidance for primary care providers for outpatient therapies for COVID-19
Antivirals and other treatments
- Prescribing Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir (Paxlovid®) for COVID-19: A Decision Aid for Community Practices | Evidence Brief – OCFP and CEP, January 13, 2023
- Guidance for the prescription of PaxlovidTM (Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir) – CEP, January 13, 2023
- Paxlovid – What Prescribers and Pharmacists Need to Know (Science Advisory Table, Jan. 25, 2022)
- Ontario Health Recommendation on the Use of Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir (Paxlovid) (PDF)
- Ontario Health Recommendation on the Use of Evusheld (PDF)
- Clinical Assessment Centres – sites offering remdesivir in addition to Paxlovid (PDF)
- Paxlovid tools and supports (OntarioMD)
- Fluvoxamine: What Prescribers and Pharmacists Need to Know (Science Advisory Table, Jan. 12, 2022)
Infection Control | PPE
- Masking in Community Practices: Tips and Resources (PDF) (OCFP, June 2022)
- IPAC Guidance for Community Practices (PDF) (OCFP, October 2022)
- Information for Family Doctors about N95s – one-page summary (OCFP, April 2022)
- Family Physician Clinical Response to Omicron (OCFP President's Message, Dec. 21, 2021)
- PPE - Primary Care Operations in the COVID Context (CEP, updated July 20, 2022)
- Frequently asked IPAC-PPE Questions (OCFP, October 2022)
- Masks: Key Tips for Wear and Disposal (one-pager)
- How to Remove Disposable Gloves (Govt of Canada) (Described video with transcription)
- Key Tips for Sanitizing Your Mobile Phone
- Environmental Cleaning and Disinfectants for Physicians’ Offices (BC Centre for Disease Control | BC Ministry of Health)
Screening | Testing
- Seeing patients with respiratory symptoms in office, including screening checklist (PDF) (OCFP, October 2022)
- Use of Rapid Antigen Testing during the Omicron Wave (Science Advisory Table, Feb. 2022)
- Ontario Health Regional Testing Leads (Ontario Health, October 2021)
- Reference Document for Symptoms of COVID-19 (MOH)
- Active screening: By phone – Patient Screening Guidance Document (MOH)
- Passive screening: Office signage
- Provincial Testing Guidance (MOH)
- Testing locations
- PHO COVID-19 Test Requisition
- How to Collect a Nasopharyngeal Specimen - video (NEJM Procedure video: Collection of Nasopharyngeal Specimens with the Swab Technique)
- How to Collect a Nasopharyngeal Swab (Ottawa Public Health)
- PHO information on ordering testing supplies
- PHO testing procedures for safe collection and delivery of COVID-19 specimens
In-office Care
- Script for patients experiencing respiratory illness (OCFP, November 2022)
- Script for fall update to patients - Flu and COVID vaccines, and when to seek care (OCFP, October 2022)
- Balancing Demands: Considerations for Family Physicians (OCFP, February 2022)
- Practice Tips for In-office Assessments (OCFP, April 2022)
- Ramping-up In-person Office Visits in Primary Care in the Aftermath of COVID-19 (Dr. Tara Kiran in CMAJ)
- Immunization/prenatal schedule | Infographic (St. Michael’s Hospital)
- Post-COVID Primary Care Reboot? (Drs. Kim Wintemute and Guylène Thériault in CFP)
- Reminder to wear mask printable sign:
- “Aggressive behaviour will not be tolerated” printable sign:
- download in colour (PDF)
- download in black and white (PDF)
Virtual Care
- COVID-19 Remote Consultations - Quick guide to assessing patients by video or voice call (BMJ)
- CFPC/CMA Virtual Care Playbook Guide for Providers
- CMA/CFPC/Royal College Virtual Care Guide for Patients
- Patient Q&A – Understanding how virtual care works (OCFP)
- CPSO's COVID-19 FAQs for Physicians
- Toolkit for Telehealth and Palliative Care (Centre to Advance Palliative Care)
Chronic Disease Care
- Is it COVID-19 or Is it Heart Failure? Management of Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients (Canadian Cardiovascular Society)
- Tips, pitfalls and red flags for family physicians caring for patients with cardiovascular disease during the COVID-19 pandemic (Canadian Cardiovascular Society)
- Remote Congestive Heart Failure and Diabetes Management (Simcoe Diabetes Cardio Renal Clinic)
- Managing type 2 diabetes during COVID-19: a guide for primary care providers (CEP, Diabetes Canada, DFCM UofT)
- Rapid guidance in treating patients with asthma during COVID-19 - position statement (Canadian Thoracic Society)
- Rapid guidance in treating patients with COPD during COVID-19 - position statement (Canadian Thoracic Society)
COVID-19 Care in the Community
- [email protected] Monitoring for Primary Care: Pathways, Evidence and Practical Supports (Hamilton Family Medicine)
- Referral information for remote COVID-19 monitoring programs (OH)
- [email protected] Monitoring for Primary Care: Order O2 saturation monitors (OH)
- Primary Care for COVID in the Community – Special Family Medicine Summit Presentation
- COVID-19 Therapy Research – incl. medications/current evidence (CEP)
- Evidence-Based Use of Therapeutics for Ambulatory Patients with COVID-19 (Ontario Science Advisory Table)
- Clinical Practice Guideline Summary: Recommended Drugs and Biologics in Adult Patients with COVID-19 (Ontario Science Advisory Table)
- Long COVID – Frequently Asked Questions About Long COVID (April 1, 2021) (OCFP)