COVID-19 – Health Professionals
Last updated: March 24, 2023
In addition to the information below, please also refer to the general COVID-19 information webpage and information for workplaces.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Information Resources
COVID-19, Pregnancy and Infant Feeding
Environmental Cleaning & Infection Control
Personal Protective Equipment
Lab Testing Guidelines
Additional Resources
COVID-19 Vaccine Information Resources
The Ministry of Health has created educations documents for healthcare providers to assist in your practice. Other resources include:
- COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs (Peterborough Public Health)
- General Immunization Documents for Immunizers and Vaccine Clinics (Ministry of Health)
- Reports of Myocarditis/Pericarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination (Public Health Ontario)
- Reports of Myocarditis/pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination FAQ for health-care providers (SickKids)
- Patient Education Video On Myocarditis Risk Post Vaccination (Peterborough Public Health)
- Vaccination Recommendations for Special Populations (Ministry of Health)
COVID-19, Pregnancy and Infant Feeding
- COVID-19 Resources (Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in Canada)
- Healthy Pregnancy Resources (Peterborough Public Health)
Environmental Cleaning & Infection Control
Cleaning for COVID-19 is the same for other contact/droplet viruses, like influenza. Additional precautions may be recommended based upon a risk assessment.
- Best practices for infection prevention and control in clinical office settings (pg. 29-31)
- Best practices for environmental cleaning (pg. 107)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) | IPAC Canada (ipac-canada.org)
- Technical Brief: IPAC Recommendations for Use of Personal Protective Equipment for Care of Individuals with Suspect or Confirmed COVID-19
- Putting on Personal Protective Equipment
- Removing Personal Protective Equipment
Lab Testing Guidelines
Refer to Public Health Ontario for information on the COVID-19 lab requisition, specimen collection and handling and turnaround time.
Additional Resources
- Healthcare Professionals – Alerts
- Immunizations, Vaccines, and Cold Chains
- COVID-19 Testing & Test Locations