Provincial coronavirus resources for health-care providers and staff
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Latest operational updates
Info for staff
- COVID-19 – Central Unit & Public Health Information Management System (PHIMS) (March 29, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 – Revised Algorithms for Surgical Cases in Operating Rooms (March 29, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 EI Sick Benefit (March 28, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 – Infection Prevention & Control Advice on Use of Personal Protective Equipment (March 28, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 – Infection Prevention & Control Advice on Scrubs, Uniforms and Footwear (March 28, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 – MyMBT Messaging (March 27, 2020)
- Visitor restrictions at long term care facilities, including Adult Day Programs (March 27, 2020)
- Digital Mental Health support (March 27, 2020)
- AbilitiCBT frequently asked questions (March 27, 2020)
- Dynacare reporting of negative results (March 27, 2020)
- COVID-19 central intake process to meet information needs (March 26, 2020)
- Updated screening and testing criteria (March 26, 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)
- Province appeals to Manitoba businesses to find creative supply solutions to help contain COVID-19 (March 25, 2020)
- Increase in phishing attacks (March 18, 2020)
- Emergency preparedness privacy and security considerations – staff responsibilities and employer expectations (March 25, 2020)
- A message from Dr. Brock Wright to Shared Health staff (March 25, 2020)
- 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)
- Non-essential diagnostic services (March 23, 2020)
- Virtual visit solutions (March 23, 2020)
- Acute Care facility visitor restrictions (March 23, 2020)
- Change in screening & testing criteria (March 23, 2020)
- Designated entrances to support enhanced screening at HSC (March 23, 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)
- Manitoba Government declares state of emergency to protect the public, reduce spread of COVID-19 (March 20, 2020)
- Letter for Regulatory Bodies and Colleges (March 18, 2020)
- A message from Lanette Siragusa, Provincial Lead, Health System Integration & Quality and Chief Nursing Officer, Shared Health (March 17, 2020)
- Provincial pandemic planning – HSC (March 14, 2020)
- Media relations (March 13, 2020)
- Presumptive case of COVID-19 message for staff (March 12, 2020)
- Appropriate stock, store and use of unit supplies (March 5, 2020)
Pharmacists
- Provincial guidance on management for pharmacists (March 16, 2020)
Cancer care
Long-Term Care, Community and In Home Care
- Information for Home Health Care Providers (March 3, 2020)
Privacy and Security
- Emergency preparedness and privacy and security considerations (March 17, 2020)
Government of Manitoba coronavirus bulletins
- COVID-19 bulletin #35 (March 29, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 bulletin #34 (March 28, 2020)
- Manitoba Establishing Checkpoints to Inform Travellers about COVID-19 (March 27, 2020)
- COVID-19 bulletin #33 (March 27, 2020)
- Province Launches Program to Help Manitobans Cope with Anxiety Related to COVID-19 (March 27, 2020)
- COVID-19 bulletin #32 (March 26, 2020)
- COVID-19 bulletin #31 (March 25, 2020)
- COVID-19 bulletin #30 (March 24, 2020)
- COVID-19 bulletin #29 (March 23, 2020)
- Older bulletins
Resources for staff and sites
Protocols and procedures
- COVID-19 Highlights – Long Term Care (March 27, 2020)
- COVID-19 Highlights – Provincial (March 26, 2020)
- COVID-19 Highlights – Winnipeg (March 26, 2020)
- Information for physicians and staff (March 26, 2020)
- COVID-19 screening and testing fact sheet (March 26, 2020)
- Community testing locations (March 26, 2020)
- Checklist for clinics (March 19, 2020)
- 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
Guidance documents
- COVID-19 Provincial Guidance for Pregnant Health Care Workers (March 28, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 – Provincial Guidance for Visitor Exceptions (March 28, 2020) *NEW*
- Guidance for upper endoscopy procedures (March 27, 2020)
- Support services to seniors (March 27, 2020)
- Primary Care Providers in Community (March 26, 2020)
- Virtual Care Resources (March 26, 2020)
- Provincial guidance on diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures (March 25, 2020)
- Provincial guidance on non-invasive cardiac testing (March 25, 2020)
- Advice for the management of obstetrical patients (March 25, 2020)
- Provincial guidance on the management of elective surgery (March 25, 2020)
- Guidance and screening tool for management of home visits (March 24, 2020)
- Provincial guidance for inpatient mental health units (March 19, 2020)
- What to do about meetings (March 16, 2020)
- Social distancing: what does it mean for volunteers, staff, patients and visitors (March 14 ,2020)
- Guidance on outpatient care delivery (March 15, 2020)
Algorithms
- Intra-Operative Process Map for COVID-19 Suspect Non-Intubated Emergency Cases (March 29, 2020) *NEW*
- Protocol For Operative Cases: High Risk Procedure (Upper Aerodigestive Tract) – High Risk Patient (March 29, 2020) *NEW*
- Protocol For Operative Cases: High Risk Procedure (Upper Aerodigestive Tract) – Low Risk Patient (March 29, 2020) *NEW*
- Protocol For Operative Cases: Low Risk Procedure (Non Upper Aerodigestive Tract) – Low Risk Patient (March 29, 2020) *NEW*
- Protocol For Operative Cases: Low Risk Procedure (Non Upper Aerodigestive Tract) – High Risk Patient (March 29, 2020) *NEW*
- Algorithm for designated COVID-19 testing sites (March 26, 2020)
- COVID-19 ED/UC algorithm (March 28, 2020) *UPDATED*
- Algorithm process for managing visitors who present to points of entry (March 27, 2020)
- AFM – Screening questions for clients and community members (March 23, 2020)
- Triage process for alternate points of entry (other than emergency / urgent care) (March 23, 2020)
Infection Prevention and Control
- COVID-19 Specific Disease Protocol (Winnipeg) – Acute & Community Settings (March 29, 2020)
- COVID-19 Specific Disease Protocol (Provincial) – Acute & Community Settings (March 29, 2020)
- Routine practices protocol (March 18, 2020)
- Infection Prevention and Control Learning Booklet (March 10, 2020)
Public Health
- Public Health Measures Guidance – Managing in the Community (March 27, 2020)
- Screening Tool for Public Health and Health links staff (March 26, 2020)
Mental Health resources
- COVID-19 – Supporting Mental Health and Wellness (March 29, 2020) *NEW*
- COVID-19 Anxiety Support Line (Anxiety Disorders Association of Manitoba) (March 29, 2020) *NEW*
- AbilitiCBT Digital Therapy Program (coming soon) (March 29, 2020) *NEW*
- 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)
Human Resources information for staff
- 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
Patient information
- COVID-19 – Letter to Employers (March 26, 2020)
- Attention: Families and support persons of patients in Manitoba’s Acute Care Facilities (March 19, 2020)
- Important information for kidney patients (March 25, 2020)
- Important information for cancer patients (March 24, 2020)
- Attention: Families and support persons of residents of long term care facilities (March 17, 2020)
Forms
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) – Case Investigation Form PDF
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) – Contact Investigation Form PDF
- Temperature self-monitoring form
Personal protective equipment resources
- COVID-19 Provincial Infection Prevention & Control Advice on Use of Personal Protective Equipment, Scrubs, Uniforms and Footwear (March 28, 2020) *NEW*
- Enhanced droplet/contact PPE audit tool (March 27, 2020)
- Clinical recommendations for use of PPE (Mask vs Respirator) 11″ x 17″ poster (March 20, 2020)
- How to safely don and doff PPE (March 17, 2020)
- PPE Information for Primary Care Providers in Community (March 14, 2020)
- N95 Respirator Fit testing priorities (March 12, 2020)
- Supply Chain Management – N95 Respirators (March 13, 2020)
- Province Working with Other Jurisdictions to Purchase Personal Protective Equipment for Health Workers and Patients (March 10, 2020)
- List of aerosol generating medical procedures (AGMPs) (March 4, 2020)
- Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR) Prioritization (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)
- Running reports on ESP (March 5, 2020)
- Personal Protective Clothing: Putting it On in 5 Easy Steps (ENG/FR) (Feb. 27, 2020)
- Personal Protective Clothing: Taking it Off in 6 Easy Steps (ENG/FR) (Feb. 27, 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 and other printed material
- 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)
- 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)
Brochures
Digital screens
Other resources
- Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living – Coronavirus
- Government of Canada – Coronavirus information
- City of Winnipeg COVID-19 updates
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) “What do I do while waiting for my test results?” fact sheet
- 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)
- Fact sheets and commonly asked questions