Guidelines, Definition, Screening, Management & Protection

Guidance for the Health Sector

Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care

• COVID-19 Case Definition 
• COVID-19 Symptoms, Screening and Testing Resources 
• COVID-19 Case and Contact Management Resources 
• COVID-19 Mental Health Resources 

Infection Prevention & Control 

Awareness and Education

Infection Prevention and Control is rounding daily (and on-request) to provide direction and support to teams about hand hygiene, personal protective equipment and outbreak management. 

Hand Hygiene

• Hand hygiene
• How to hand rub
• How to hand wash

Precautions & Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Routine Droplet Contact

• Donning Personal Protective Equipment for Routine Droplet Contact
• Doffing Personal Protective Equipment for Routine Droplet Contact

Enhanced Droplet Contact

• Donning Personal Protective Equipment for Enhanced Droplet Contact
• Doffing Personal Protective Equipment for Enhanced Droplet Contact

Operating Room

• Donning Personal Protective Equipment for the Operating Room
• Doffing Personal Protective Equipment for the Operating Room

Additional Videos

• Cleaning a Face Shield
• Nasopharyngeal Swab

Outbreak Management

In the event of an outbreak, Infection Prevention and Control will work with key stakeholders to ensure patient and staff safety is managed appropriately and efficiently using evidence-based practice guidelines.