Health Care Providers

Respiratory and Enteric Resources

• A Guide to the Control of Respiratory Infection Outbreaks in Long Term Care Homes
• Enteric Outbreak Resource Manual
• Infection Control in Long-Term Care Facilities
• Respiratory Outbreak Manual
• Universal Influenza Immunization Program (Long-Term Care and Public Hospitals)

IPAC Resources

• Dental Instrument Reprocessing
• How to Wash Your Hands
• Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) Resources
  • PIDAC Best Practice Documents
  • PIDAC Reprocessing in Community Health Care Settings
  • PIDAC IPAC Core Competencies Course
• Quick Reference of Reprocessing in the Clinical Office Setting
• Resources for Preventing IPAC Lapses
• IPAC Lapse Reports

• Animal Bite/Contact Report
  • Management of Patients with Suspected Rabies Exposure
• Blood Exposure Guidelines for Primary Health Care Providers
• Botulism Guide for Health Care Professionals
• Chickenpox and Pregnancy for Primary Health Care Providers
• Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
• Infection and Disease
• Lyme Disease Resources for Primary Health Care Providers
• Managing Infections and Exclusion Guidelines for Child Care Providers and Schools
• Nasopharyngeal Swab Procedure
• Public Health Ontario Lab Supply Ordering and Kit Instructions
• Public Health Ontario Laboratory Services
• Reportable Diseases 
• Zika Virus

Tuberculosis

• Form to Report a Positive TB Skin Test
• Tuberculosis: Information for Health Care Providers
• Tuberculosis Control Program Physician Treatment and Referral Form
• Tuberculosis Screening for Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes
• Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test: A Guide for Health Care Providers
• TSTin3D - an algorithm to aid interpretation of TB skin testing

The toolkit provides a collection of resources that can be used to promote annual influenza immunization amongst health care workers and facility staff. 

• Request a copy of the Influenza Immunization Decision Making Tool
• Declination Statement
• Fact Sheets
  • Get Your Flu Vaccine
  • How is the Influenza Virus Spread?
  • What is Influenza?
  • When is the Best Time to Get the Influenza Immunization?
  • Who Should Receive Influenza Immunization?
  • Why Should You Receive Influenza Immunization?
• Influenza Immunization Presentation
• Influenza Stories
• Letter of Support to Management
• Promotional Materials (Download print materials including posters, activity sheets, stickers, lanyards to promote influenza immunization)

• Chickenpox and Pregnancy for Primary Health Care Providers
• Early Identification Service Pathway and Referral List
• Parvovirus and Pregnancy
• Skin to Skin: Key Messages for Service Providers

Sexual and Reproductive Health

• Guidelines for Testing and Treatment of Gonorrhea in Ontario
• Public Health Ontario Lab Supply Ordering and Kit Instructions
• Public Health Ontario Labratory Services
• Shift - Enhancing the Health of Ontarians: A Call to Action for Preconception Health Promotion and Care

Tools for Emergency Workers and Designated Officers 

• Blood Exposure Guidelines for Emergency Service Workers
• Designated Officers' Manual for Infection Prevention
• Incident Assessment Form for Designated Officers (request the form) 
• Procedure Flow Sheet for Designated Officers

Vaccine Forms 

• Biological Returns Form
• Contingency Plan for Planned or Unexpected Electricity Disruption
• Hepatitis A High Risk Vaccine Order Form
• Hepatitis B High Risk Vaccine Order Form
• HPV High Risk Vaccine Order Form
• Meningococcal High Risk Vaccine Order Form
• Min/Max Thermometer Order Form
• School Program Vaccine Order Form
• Vaccine Order Form
• Varicella Immunity Confirmation Form 

To access any of the forms listed above, please use our Request a form tool. 

Vaccine Information

• Adverse Event Following Immunization for Health Care Providers in Ontario
• Hepatitis A: Update on recommended use of Hepatitis A Vaccine
• HPV Immunization Program
• Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
• Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
• Universal Influenza Immunization Program (Long-Term Care and Public Hospitals)
• Vaccine Cold Chain Incident/Exposure Wastage Report
• Vaccine Storage and Handling Guidelines