Provincial coronavirus resources for health-care providers and staff
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Latest operational updates – updated April 2
Info for staff
- Universal Personal Protective Equipment requirements (April 2, 2020) *NEW*
- Nunavut and North-Western Ontario patients – clarification (April 2, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Updated screening for staff (April 1, 2020)
- Call for former Registered Nurses (April 1, 2020)
- Shared Health registration form (April 1, 2020)
- Contact tracing for health care workers (April 1, 2020)
- Call for nurses with experience in critical care or occupational health (March 31, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 – Central Unit & Public Health Information Management System (PHIMS) (March 29, 2020)
- COVID-19 central intake process to meet information needs (March 26, 2020)
- Emergency preparedness privacy and security considerations – staff responsibilities and employer expectations (March 25, 2020)
- Considerations for use of volunteers (March 23, 2020)
- Letter to volunteers (March 23, 2020)
- Red blood cell transfusion practice change in response to shortages during COVID-19 (March 20, 2020)
- Green phase advisory (March 20, 2020)
- Clinical Practice Change: Transfusion Stewardship – Red Blood Cells for Inpatients (March 20, 2020)
- Letter for Regulatory Bodies and Colleges (March 18, 2020)
- Increase in phishing attacks (March 18, 2020)
- Emergency preparedness and privacy and security considerations (March 17, 2020)
- Media relations (March 13, 2020)
- Appropriate stock, store and use of unit supplies (March 5, 2020)
Government of Manitoba bulletins
- COVID-19 bulletin #40 (April 3, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 bulletin #39 (April 2, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 bulletin #38 (April 1, 2020)
- COVID-19 bulletin #37 (March 31, 2020)
- COVID-19 bulletin #36 (March 30, 2020)
- Manitoba restricts operations of non-critical businesses in new Public Health Order (March 30, 2020)
- COVID-19 bulletin #35 (March 29, 2020)
- Manitoba Establishing Checkpoints to Inform Travellers about COVID-19 (March 27, 2020)
- Province appeals to Manitoba businesses to find creative supply solutions to help contain COVID-19 (March 25, 2020)
- Manitoba Government declares state of emergency to protect the public, reduce spread of COVID-19 (March 20, 2020)
- Province Working with Other Jurisdictions to Purchase Personal Protective Equipment for Health Workers and Patients (March 10, 2020)
- Older bulletins
Resources for testing sites – updated April 3
Latest updates
- Dynacare reporting of negative results (March 27, 2020)
- Updated screening and testing criteria (March 26, 2020)
- Change in screening & testing criteria (March 23, 2020)
Resources and guides
- Community testing locations (April 3, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Algorithm for designated COVID-19 testing sites (April 2, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Testing site volume reporting (March 22, 2020)
- COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedure for Nasopharyngeal Swab (March 18, 2020)
- Nasopharyngeal specimen collection procedure video
(March 19, 2020)
- Nasopharyngeal specimen collection procedure video
Posters
- COVID-19 Testing Location – English (March 26, 2020)
- COVID-19 Testing Location – French (March 26, 2020)
Resources for Acute Care – Hospitals and Health Centres – updated April 3
Latest updates
- Acute Care facility visitor restrictions (March 23, 2020)
- Designated entrances to support enhanced screening at HSC (March 23, 2020)
- Provincial pandemic planning – HSC (March 14, 2020)
Resources and guides
- Community testing locations (April 3, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Triage process for alternate points of entry (other than emergency / urgent care) (April 2, 2020) *UPDATED*
- COVID-19 ED/UC algorithm (April 2, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Updated screening for staff (April 1, 2020)
- Enhanced staff screening (April 1, 2020)
- Screening questions poster (April 1, 2020)
- Algorithm process for managing staff who present to points of entry (April 1, 2020)
- Self-isolation letter (April 1, 2020)
- EPR change notification (March 31, 2020)
- Algorithm process for managing visitors who present to points of entry (March 27, 2020)
- Virtual Care Resources (March 26, 2020)
- Guidance for physicians and staff (March 26, 2020)
- Attention: Families and support persons of patients in Manitoba’s Acute Care Facilities (March 19, 2020)
- Guidance on outpatient care delivery (March 15, 2020)
Posters
- Staff screening poster – English (April 2, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 screening questions poster – English (April 1, 2020)
- Acute Care Visitor restrictions (March 19, 2020)
- Acute Care Visitor restrictions – French (March 19, 2020)
- Attention visitors – English (March 23, 2020)
- Attention visitors – French (March 23, 2020)
- Visitor restrictions – dialysis units 11″ x 17″ (March 19, 2020)
- Do I need to be screened? (March 23, 2020)
Resources for Providers and Clinics – Primary Care – updated April 3
Latest updates
- COVID-19 – MyMBT Messaging (March 27, 2020)
- Virtual visit solutions (March 23, 2020)
Resources and guides
- Community testing locations (April 3, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Virtual Care Resources (March 26, 2020)
- Primary Care Providers in Community (March 26, 2020)
- Checklist for clinics (March 19, 2020)
- Guidance on outpatient care delivery (March 15, 2020)
Posters
- Precautions you can follow – bilingual (March 27, 2020)
Resources for Long-Term Care and Personal Care Homes – updated April 2
Latest updates
Resources and guides
- Updated screening for staff (April 1, 2020)
- Enhanced staff screening (April 1, 2020)
- Screening questions poster (April 1, 2020)
- Algorithm process for managing staff who present to points of entry (April 1, 2020)
- Self-isolation letter (April 1, 2020)
- Guiding document on long-term care communication and symptom guidelines (March 31, 2020)
- Support services to seniors (March 27, 2020)
- COVID-19 Highlights – Long Term Care (March 27, 2020)
- Attention: Families and support persons of residents of long term care facilities (March 17, 2020)
Posters
- COVID-19 screening questions poster – English (April 1, 2020)
- Long-term care visitor restrictions (March 17, 2020)
- Long-term care visitor restrictions – French (March 17, 2020)
Resources for In Home Care – updated April 1
Latest updates
- COVID-19 testing criteria and in-home care (March 31, 2020)
- Information for Home Health Care Providers (March 3, 2020)
Resources and guides
- Updated screening for staff (April 1, 2020)
- Enhanced staff screening (April 1, 2020)
- Screening questions poster (April 1, 2020)
- Algorithm process for managing staff who present to points of entry (April 1, 2020)
- Self-isolation letter (April 1, 2020)
- Guidance and screening tool for management of home visits (March 31, 2020)
- Support services to seniors (March 27, 2020)
Resources for specialty areas
Anaesthesia – updated April 1
Cancer Care – updated March 24
- Important information for cancer patients (March 24, 2020)
- Message from Sri Navaratnam, President and CEO, CancerCare Manitoba (March 18, 2020)
- Screening for COVID-19 – Cancer Patients – Rural and Northern Community Cancer Programs (March 17, 2020)
- Screening for COVID-19 – Cancer Patients at CCMB sites, Winnipeg (March 17, 2020)
- Important information for health-care providers regarding cancer patients (March 15, 2020)
Child Health – updated April 3
- Guidance on Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) Services (April 3, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 information for parents and children (April 1, 2020)
- Caring for Kids (Canadian Pediatrics Society)
- Healthy Children (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Kids Help Phone – COVID-19 information
- Anxiety Canada – talking to kids about COVID-19
- Child Mind – Supporting kids during the coronavirus crisis
Critical Care – updated April 2
- Guidelines for code blue in COVID-19 positive or suspect adult inpatients (April 2, 2020) *NEW*
- Protected code blue – for cardiac arrest on a COVID-19 ward or ICU in a suspect/confirmed COVID-19 patient (April 2, 2020) *NEW*
- ICU COVID-19 protected intubation (April 2, 2020) *NEW*
Diagnostic Services – updated March 25
Latest updates
- Non-essential diagnostic services (March 23, 2020)
Resources and guides
- Provincial guidance on diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures (March 25, 2020)
- Provincial guidance on non-invasive cardiac testing (March 25, 2020)
Emergency Response Services
Kidney disease/Renal program – updated March 25
Resources and guides
- Important information for kidney patients (March 25, 2020)
Posters
- Visitor restrictions – dialysis units 11″ x 17″ (March 19, 2020)
Mental Health and Addictions – updated April 2
- Arranging a virtual ROU admission (April 2, 2020) *NEW*
- Virtual ROU assessments (April 2, 2020) *NEW*
- CSU virtual admissions (April 2, 2020) *NEW*
- AFM – Screening questions for clients and community members (April 2, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Provincial guidance for Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) Clinics (March 30, 2020)
- Provincial guidance for inpatient mental health units (March 19, 2020)
Pharmacy – updated March 16
- Provincial guidance on management for pharmacists (March 16, 2020)
Surgery / Procedures – updated April 3
Latest updates
- Revised Algorithms for Surgical Cases in Operating Rooms (March 29, 2020)
Resources and guides
- Protocol for hip fracture (April 3, 2020) *NEW*
- Intra-Operative Process Map for COVID-19 Suspect Non-Intubated Emergency Cases (April 3, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Protocol For Operative Cases: High Risk Procedure (Upper Aerodigestive Tract) – High Risk Patient (April 3, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Protocol For Operative Cases: High Risk Procedure (Upper Aerodigestive Tract) – Low Risk Patient (April 3, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Protocol For Operative Cases: Low Risk Procedure (Non Upper Aerodigestive Tract) – Low Risk Patient (April 3, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Protocol For Operative Cases: Low Risk Procedure (Non Upper Aerodigestive Tract) – High Risk Patient (April 3, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Provincial guidance on the management of bronchoscopy (March 30, 2020)
- Provincial guidance for upper endoscopy procedures (March 27, 2020)
- Provincial guidance on the management of elective surgery (March 25, 2020)
Women’s Health – updated April 3
- Guidance on Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) Services (April 3, 2020) *NEW*
- Advice for the management of obstetrical patients (April 3, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Provincial guidance for pregnant health care workers (March 28, 2020)
Infection Prevention and Control – updated April 2
Latest updates
- Infection Prevention & Control Advice on Use of Personal Protective Equipment (March 28, 2020)
- Infection Prevention & Control Advice on Scrubs, Uniforms and Footwear (March 28, 2020)
Resources and guides
- COVID-19 Highlights – Provincial (April 2, 2020) *UPDATED*
- COVID-19 Highlights – Winnipeg (April 2, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Facility approved disinfectants (March 30, 2020)
- COVID-19 Specific Disease Protocol (Winnipeg) – Acute & Community Settings (March 29, 2020)
- COVID-19 Specific Disease Protocol (Provincial) – Acute & Community Settings (March 29, 2020)
- COVID-19 Highlights – Long Term Care (March 27, 2020)
- Routine practices protocol (March 18, 2020)
- Infection Prevention and Control Learning Booklet (March 10, 2020)
Posters
Precautions you can follow – bilingual (March 27, 2020)
- Phone, screen and mobile devices disinfection – English (March 20, 2020)
- Phone, screen and mobile devices disinfection – French (March 20, 2020)
- Is your cellphone clean? (March 16, 2020)
Personal protective equipment (PPE) resources – updated April 2
Latest updates
- Universal Personal Protective Equipment requirements (April 2, 2020) *NEW*
- Personal Protective Equipment – appropriate stock, storage and supplies (March 30, 2020)
- COVID-19 Provincial Infection Prevention & Control Advice on Use of Personal Protective Equipment, Scrubs, Uniforms and Footwear (March 28, 2020) Enhanced droplet/contact PPE audit tool (March 27, 2020)
- Supply Chain Management – N95 Respirators (March 13, 2020)
- N95 Respirator Fit testing priorities (March 12, 2020)
Resources and guides
- Guidelines on PPE for intubation and other AGMPs (March 30, 2020)
- How to safely don and doff PPE (March 17, 2020)
- PPE Information for Primary Care Providers in Community (March 14, 2020)
- List of aerosol generating medical procedures (AGMPs) (March 4, 2020)
- Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR) Prioritization (March 5, 2020)
- Running reports on ESP (March 5, 2020)
- N95 Respirator FAQ for users (March 2, 2020)
- N95 Respirator FAQ for managers, HR and academic institutions (March 2, 2020)
- N95 Respirator – Clean Shaven Requirements (Feb. 28, 2020)
- Wear It Right – 3M™ VFlex Healthcare N95 Particulate Respirator 1804/1804S & 1805/1805S (Feb. 28, 2020)
- Wear It Right – 3M™ Healthcare N95 Particulate Respirator Aura 1870+ (Feb. 28, 2020)
- Wear It Right – 3M™ Healthcare N95 Particulate Respirator 1860/1860S (Feb. 28, 2020)
Posters
Human Resources – updated March 26
- COVID-19 – Letter to Employers (March 26, 2020) *NEW LANGUAGES ADDED*
- Requests for staff & resource redeployment (March 24, 2020)
- Staff eligible for redeployment – Excel file (March 24, 2020)
- Resource request form – Excel file (March 24, 2020)
- Staff protocols for remote access and working from home (March 27, 2020)
- COVID-19 Addressing your child-care concerns (March 27, 2020)
- Information on Federal Financial Support to Families (March 19, 2020)
- Provincial request for family status accommodation due to school and/or daycare closures (March 25, 2020)
- COVID-19: Answering your workplace and Human Resources questions (March 27, 2020)
- Essential Services Worker Child Care Request Form
Occupational and Environmental Services and Health (OESH) – updated March 28
- E.I. Sick Benefit (March 28, 2020)
- Guidelines for screening of Manitoba health-care workers (physicians and staff) (March 25, 2020)
- Guidelines for managers (March 27, 2020)
- Algorithm for manager screening of Manitoba Health Care workers (March 27, 2020)
- OESH fax form (March 27, 2020)
- What to do about meetings (March 16, 2020)
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) “What do I do while waiting for my test results?” fact sheet
- Temperature self-monitoring form
- What to do if you are positive for COVID-19 and in isolation
- Temperature self-monitoring form
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) public health fact sheet
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) self-isolation fact sheet
Public Health resources – Updated March 30
- Public Health Measures Guidance – Managing in the Community (March 30, 2020)
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) – Case Investigation Form
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) – Contact Investigation Form
- Screening Tool for Public Health and Health links staff (March 26, 2020)
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) “What do I do while waiting for my test results?” fact sheet
- Social distancing: what does it mean for volunteers, staff, patients and visitors (March 14 ,2020)
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) public health fact sheet
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) self-isolation fact sheet
Forms
Mental Health resources for staff – updated March 29
- Southern Health-Santé Sud Wellness Support Line
- COVID-19 – Supporting Mental Health and Wellness (March 29, 2020)
- COVID-19 Anxiety Support Line (Anxiety Disorders Association of Manitoba) (March 29, 2020)
- Digital Mental Health support (March 27, 2020)
- AbilitiCBT frequently asked questions (March 27, 2020)
- AbilitiCBT Digital Therapy Program (coming soon) (March 29, 2020)
- Guidance and Tools to Support Mental Wellness (March 24, 2020)
- Managing Stress during COVID-19
- Helping Children and Teens Cope with Anxiety about COVID-19
- Sara Riel 24-hour Warm-line
- Addressing the mental health and psychosocial aspects of COVID-19 (March 12, 2020)
All posters and printed material – updated April 2
- Staff screening poster – English (April 2, 2020) *NEW*
- Acute Care Visitor restrictions (March 19, 2020)
- Acute Care Visitor restrictions – French (March 19, 2020)
- Long-term care visitor restrictions (March 17, 2020)
- Long-term care visitor restrictions – French (March 17, 2020)
- Attention visitors – English (March 23, 2020)
- Attention visitors – French (March 23, 2020)
- Visitor restrictions – dialysis units 11″ x 17″ (March 19, 2020)
- COVID-19 Testing Location – English (March 26, 2020)
- COVID-19 Testing Location – French (March 26, 2020)
- COVID-19 screening questions poster – English (April 1, 2020)
- Precautions you can follow – bilingual (March 27, 2020)
- Social distancing precautions – English (March 20, 2020)
- Social distancing precautions – French (March 20, 2020)
- Social distancing precautions – Mandarin (March 20, 2020)
- Do I need to be screened? (March 23, 2020)
- Phone, screen and mobile devices disinfection – English (March 20, 2020)
- Phone, screen and mobile devices disinfection – French (March 20, 2020)
- Is your cellphone clean? (March 16, 2020)
Digital screens
Brochures
Other resources
Frequently asked questions – COVID-19 and self-isolation
- COVID-19 screening and testing fact sheet (March 26, 2020)
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) “What do I do while waiting for my test results?” fact sheet
- Social distancing: what does it mean for volunteers, staff, patients and visitors (March 14 ,2020)
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) public health fact sheet
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) self-isolation fact sheet
Links
- Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living – Coronavirus
- Government of Canada – Coronavirus information
- City of Winnipeg COVID-19 updates
- Public Health Agency of Canada travel advisories
- WHO IPC for COVID-19 – online course (approx. 1 hr)
- Infectious Questions: What health professionals need to know about 2019-nCoV – podcast
- World Health Organization: situation reports
- Shared Health Video: About COVID-19 (Jan. 28, 2020)