Current Resources for Health Providers
Please ensure that you remain informed by reviewing all information that is shared and implement Calls to Actions as applicable. Click here for regional COVID-19 All-Staff Updates.
COVID-19 On-Call Numbers
COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility Criteria
Guidelines and Quick References Across Care Areas
- Point of Entry Screening Resources, click here (latest update: November 25)
- Infection Prevention & Control Weekend Coverage, click here (latest update: August 19)
- Updated Testing Criteria and introduction of self-referral, click here (revised: May 13)
- Asymptomatic Surveillance: Frequently Asked Questions (revised: June 12)
- Update - COVID-19 Symptoms - Diarrhea, click here (revised: October 29)
- IP&C Guidance COVID-19 (Red) Recovered Patients / Residents / Clients, click here (added: January 15)
- Guidance and Screening Tool for Management of Home Visits, click here (revised: December 16)
- What Questions to Ask Patients: Guidance for physicians and staff, click here (revised: June 30)
- Designated Testing Locations - protocols for Primary Care Providers, click here (revised: September 10)
- Checklists for Clinics, click here (revised: March 19)
- Primary Care Providers in Community, click here (revised: September 22)
- Guidance on outpatient, primary care, specialty and other treatment clinic services, click here (revised: August 21)
- Guidance for Primary Care Clinics During Heightened Restrictions, click here (revised: October 30)
- Specific Disease Protocol, click here (revised: November 20)
- COVID-19 Highlights - Provincial, click here (revised: November 16)
- Information for Home Health Care Providers, click here (revised: March 3)
- Provincial Guidance on COVID-19 suspect and positive Obstetrical Patients and their Newborn, click here (revised: Sept 25)
- Provincial Guidance on Universal Precautions and Provisions for Obstetrical Care, click here (revised: November 2)
- Interim Provincial Obstetric Anesthesia Guidelines for Pregnant Women, click here (revised: November 4)
- Pregnant Patients Requiring Transfer to Tertiary Care, click here (released: January 18)
- Provincial Guidance on Universal Precautions and Provisions for Obstetrical Care, click here (revised: November 2)
- COVID-19 Postpartum Care At Home (English and French) (revised: June 29)
- Provincial Guidance on Non-Invasive Cardiac Intervention, click here (revised: March 25)
- Guidance on PPE for Intubation and other Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures, click here (revised: July 14)
- Guidance on Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures, click here (revised: January 15)
- PPE Guidance for Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures - PCH/TCC and Community, click here (added: January 18)
- AGMP and Duration of Validity of a Negative COVID-19 Test Rule - "Same Day, Next Day" AGMP Rule, click here (added: December 29)
- Quick Reference Guide - Testing and Clearance - Acute, PCH, Home Care, click here (revised: October 29)
- Terminal (Discharge) Cleaning / Disinfection for COVID-19 Suspect or Confirmed Isolation Rooms, click here (rev: November 9)
- Resident and Patient Transport, click here Handout for Drivers and Assistants, click here (revised: July 10)
- Physical Distancing and Restoring Services at Health Facilities, click here (June 23), Physical Distancing Audit Tool, click here (June 23)
- Guideline on Physical Distancing in Staff and Common Areas, click here, poster, click here (revised: Oct 13)
- Updated Guidance for Individuals Awaiting Results, click here (revised: October 30)
- Streamlining Medication Use During COVID-19, click here (revised: November 9)
- Notification COVID-19 Discharge or Death Form, click here (rev: September 11)
- Occurrence Report Template - Staff Positive COVID-19 Results, click here (released: December 14)
- COVID-19 and PHIA related disclosure, click here (released: Nov 30)
- Standard Operating Procedure - Applying a Shroud (COVID-19 suspect or positive), click here (released: Dec 7)
- Compassionate Virtual Communication with Patient/Family Loved ones- click here, guide - click here (added: December 24)
Specialty Care Area Resources
- Acute and Surgical Resources, click here (latest update: January 15)
- Personal Care Home/Transitional Care Centres Resources, click here (latest update: January 18)
- Public Health Resources, click here (latest update: January 19)
- COVID-19 Posters, click here (latest update: January 19)
Resources for Staff Health and Safety
- Personal Protective Equipment, click here (latest update: January 22)
- Non-Medical Masks, click here (latest update: October 23)
- Nasopharyngeal Swab - Standard Operating Procedure and video (revised: November 25 and March 19)
- Routine Practices, click here (revised: March 18)
- Mental Health Resources, click here (latest update: January 5)
- COVID-19 Ethical Decision Making Resources, click here (added: December 18)
- Social distancing: what does it mean for volunteers, staff, patients and visitors, click here (revised: March 13)
- Health-Links Info Santé Online Screening Tool, click here
- COVID-19 Contact Tracing for Health Care Workers, click here (revised: October 23)
- Employment Insurance Sick Benefits Eligibility, click here (revised: March 28)
- Frequently Asked Questions - Non-Essential Travel for Health-Care Workers, click here (revised: December 15)
- Manitoba's Pandemic Response Service - Code Red, click here (latest update: Sept 25)
- Management of Staff Food and Beverages in Health Care Environments during COVID-19, click here (revised: Dec 8)
Resources for Managers
- COVID-19 Finance and Payroll, click here (revised: March 18)
- Restoring Safe Services - Pandemic Response System, click here (revised: August 19)
- Guideline for resumption of learner clinical placements, click here (revised: July 10)
- Request for Family Status Accommodation Related to Childcare Obligations - COVID-19, click here (revised: September 11)
- Return to Work - Low-Risk COVID-19 Exposure and Contact Tracing, click here (revised: October 23)
Supply-related
- Suppliers and Facility Business Visits, click here (revised: July 9)
