COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

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)

• • 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)
  • For Users of N95 Respirators
  • For Managers and Human Resources
• 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 
  • This document could be used as a poster in facilities and as a info sheet for staff who present with skin injuries from use of PPE.

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)