Point of Care Risk Assessment
- COVID-19 Point of Care Risk Assessment Tool, click here (revised: July 16)
- Mask or N95 - Point of Care Risk Assessment Poster, click here (added: Feb 24)
Guidance for Personal Protective Equipment, click here (revised: December 10)
Provincial Requirements for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Acute and Sub-Acute Care (rev: January 29)
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- AGMP (rev: January 29)
- Emergency (rev: January 29)
- Inpatient (rev: January 29)
- COVID-19 Unit (rev: January 29)
- Labor and Delivery (rev: January 29)
- Administrative and Reception (rev: January 29)
- Alternative Isolation Accommodation - Designated Shelter(s) and Hotel(s) (rev: January 29)
- Community Shelters (rev: January 29)
- Crisis Response Service (rev: January 29)
- Crisis Stabilization Unit (rev: January 29)
- Mobile Crisis Service (rev: January 29)
- Designated Testing sites inclusive of drive-through testing sites (rev: January 29)
- Emergency Response Services (rev: January 29)
- In-Facility Patient Transport (rev: January 29)
- In-Home Care (rev: January 29)
- Inpatient and Outpatient Settings - Cleaning (rev: January 29)
- Outpatient Settings/Community Clinics (rev: January 29)
- Patients (rev: January 29) * in Southern Health-Santé Sud, procedure / surgical masks (level 3) are provided to inpatients
- Personal Care Home/Transitional Care Centres (rev: January 29)
- Staff/services non-direct patient care (rev: January 29)
- Visitors and staff screening (rev: January 29)
- Frequently Asked Questions - Personal Protective Equipment (rev: March 3) * in Southern Health-Santé Sud, procedure / surgical masks (level 3) are provided to inpatients
- Memo: Regionally Approved Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (new: July 24)
- Regionally Approved PPE (revised: October 6)
- Re-use of surgical/medical masks in Southern Health-Santé Sud (rev: July 17)
Other Resources
- Appropriate PPE for Health Care Workers Poster, click here (added November 26)
- PPE Compliance - Manager and Leader Guide, click here (new: October 23)
- Tips for Extended PPE Use, click here (revised: October 31)
- PPE Requirement Scenarios for Direct Patient Care, click here (revised: July 14)
- Supply Management and Stewardship Planning and Guidance Framework, click here (revised: January 25)
- Full Face Shields - Cleaning, Disinfection and Storage, click here (added: Jan 21)
- Eye Protection Cleaning Instructions, click here (revised: Feb 24)
- Eye Protection Collection Guidelines, click here (revised: November 26)
- Discontinue Collecting N95 Masks, click here (revised: January 25)
- Standard Operating Procedure: Reprocessed N95s, click here (released: January 25)
- N95 Fit Testing Priorities, click here (revised: March 12)
- Memo - Dasheng DTC3Z Disposable N95 Respirators, click here (released: January 29)
- Disposable N95 Respirators in Use in Manitoba Health Care Settings, click here (released: January 29)
- SH-SS N95 Fit Testing Priorities, click here (revised: Feb 3)
- SH-SS Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) information, click here (revised: February 8)
- Donning and Doffing - Memo, click here (revised: March 16)
- Appropriate Stock, Storage and Use of Unit Supplies including Personal Protective Equipment, click here (revised: March 19)
- Hand Sanitizer information, click here (revised: June 18)
- Frequently Asked Questions (revised: April 10)
- PPE Supply Management in Surgery, click here (revised: April 22)
- Personal Protective Clothing - Putting it on in 5 Easy Steps, click here (revised: February 27)
- Personal Protective Clothing - Taking it off in 6 Easy Steps, click here (revised: February 27)
- Ear Guards - Supply, Disinfection and Reuse, click here (revised: December 24)
- Reuse of Elastomeric (half mask) respirators, click here (revised: January 4)
- Clean Shaven Requirements N95 Respirators, click here (added: January 18)
- COVID-19 PPE Compliance - Guide to Supporting PPE Use for Healthcare Leaders and Teams, click here (revised: October 23)
- Accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide (AHP) Reusable Wipe System, click here (revised: Sept 11) - Note - we are not currently using the Dry wipes in Southern Health-Santé Sud.
Skin Injuries Related to Personal Protective Equipment
- COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment and Skin Related Issues Occupational Health or Designate Internal Process (rev: May 15)
- This document is an assessment tool for CSMs/CRNs to use when meeting with staff who present with skin injuries from use of PPE.
- Quick Reference Guide – Prevention & Management of Skin Injury from Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (rev: Sept 2)
- This document is a guidance document for CSMs/CRNs to provide prevention & management direction for staff presenting with skin injuries from use of PPE.
- Quick Reference Guide - Prevention & Management of Skin Injury from PPE - Addendum (rev: July 10)- Additional N95 Respirators used in Southern Health-Santé Sud have been tested for dressing compatibility.
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Tips for Prevention of Skin Injury
Student Fit Testing
- Provincial guidance for fit-testing of students (Rev: Oct 8)
- Student N95 respirator fit-testing request form (Rev: Oct 8)
- N95 respirators in use (Rev: Jan 4)
Education Resources
- Donning Video and Doffing Video (videos revised Aug 31)
- PPE education session video, click here - Password: F86m^.tQ (new: July 28)
- In-Home Visits Knowledge Challenge, click here (added: January 18)
- Facility Knowledge Challenge, click here (added: January 18)
- COVID-19 PPE and You Knowledge Challenge, click here (added: January 18)