Public Health Updates | Guidance

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Public health and healthcare guidance, including announcements and regular updates on policy and guidance.

Public Health Information

• Ontario Ministry of Health – Information for the Public
• Public Health Agency of Canada – Information for Health Care Professionals
• Public Health Ontario – COVID-19 Updates
• Public Health Ontario - COVID-19 Data Tool – Epidemiological information of COVID-19 activity in Ontario
• Ontario Ministry of Health/Long-Term Care – Find Your Local Public Health Unit

Ontario Ministry of Health - For Healthcare Providers

• Directive #6 (effective Sept. 7, 2021 for hospitals, home and community care service providers, LHINs and ambulance services)
• Directive #6 Resource Guide (CMOH) – Aug. 18, 2021
• Directive #2 for Health Care Providers – April 19, 2021
• Directive #2 Questions & Answers – April 23, 2021
• COVID-19 Operational Requirements: Health Sector Restart – June 15, 2020

Screening | Testing 

• Case Definition for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – May 21, 2021
• Quick Reference Public Health Guidance on Testing and Clearance 
• Patient Screening Guidance 
• Reference Document for Symptoms
• Provincial Testing Guidance Update 
• Rapid Point of Care Testing Use - Case Guidance (flowchart)
• Considerations for Antigen Point-of-Care Testing – Guidance
• COVID-19 School and Child Care Screening Tool – Government of Ontario
• Appendix 8: Cases with Positive COVID-19 Serology Results and Management of Cases with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Temporally Associated with COVID-19 - v. 2.0,  Feb. 18, 2021

PPE | IPAC

• Instructions for Completing the Remedy Intake Form - PPTS – Aug. 4, 2020
• Pandemic PPE Transitional Support (PPTS) FAQs – Aug. 4, 2020
• Guidance on Use of N95 Beyond Shelf Life – March 27, 2020
• Public Health Ontario – Updated IPAC Recommendations for Use of PPE for Care of Individuals with Suspect or Confirmed COVID-19 (May 3, 2020)
• Ontario Health – COVID Critical Supplies & Equipment (CSE) Data Submission
• Ontario Health - PPE Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations on Use and Conservation (Aug. 11, 2020)
• Ontario Health – Optimizing the Supply of PPE During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations (Aug. 11, 2020)

Guidance

• Primary Care Guidance Summary (OCFP) – Aug. 2021
• Primary Care Guidance: What's Changed (OCFP) – Aug. 2021
• MOH – Guidance: Primary Care Providers in a Community Setting – July 28, 2021
• Guidance for Health Sector – updated periodically
• Public Health Agency of Canada - Guidance on the Use of Influenza Vaccine in the Presence of COVID-19 – Sept. 29, 2020
• Public Health Agency of Canada - Clinical Management of Patients with COVID-19 - Second Interim Guidance – Aug. 17, 2020
• COVID-19 Guidance: Home and Community Care Providers – May 21, 2021
• COVID-19 Guidance: Labour, Delivery and Newborn Care – Nov. 10, 2020
• Guidance: Hospice Care – Nov. 12, 2020 
• Guidance: Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes for Public Health Units  – July 23, 2021

Ontario Ministry of Health - Situation Reports