Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Provincial Guidance Documents
Quick Index
Provincial policies and standards that Infection Prevention and Control professionals may use to support their own documentation and best practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Alberta Heath Services
- COVID-19 Information for Albertans
- COVID-19 FAQs for AHS Staff
- COVID-19 Guidance Volunteer Resources
- COVID-19 Public Information
- COVID-19 Orders & Legislation
- COVID-19 Research Opportunities -bethecure.ca
- Healthcare Worker Self-Assessment Tool
- Guidance While Waiting for a Return Call
- IPC Emerging Issues
- Scientific Advisory Group Rapid Reviews
- Testing & Self-Isolation Criteria
- Triage Screening Criteria
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
- BC CDC Novel Coronavirus
- Information for Health professionals.
- Primary Care Providers
- Hospital and Critical care
- Caring for Outpatients
- Long-term Care and Assisted Living
- COVID-19 and Pregnancy
- Newborns
- Pediatrics
- First Responders
- Dialysis Patients
- Cancer Care
- Caring for Vulnerable Populations
- Caring for People who use Substances
- COVID-19 Vaccine
Mantioba
- RestartMB
- COVID-19 Updates
- Restoring Safe Services
- Protecting Manitobans
- Current Guidelines
- State of Emergency
- COVID-19 Vaccine
New Brunswick
- COVID-19 home page
- New Brunswick COVID-19 Dashboard
- Declaration of a State of Emergency and Mandatory Order
- COVID-19 Guidance and Support
- COVID-19 Alert Levels
- Travel information
- Mental Health and Coping during COVID-19
- Potential Public exposures
- COVID-19 Vaccines
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
- Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Alerts, news and data
- Case data
- Healthcare and continuing care
- Restriction updates
- Avoiding infection
- Education and childcare
- Financial help and social supports
- Government service changes
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Posters, factsheets and resources
- Restrictions and guidance
- Symptoms and testing
- Working and businesses
Ontario Ministry of Health
- Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table
- Guidance for the Health Sector
- COVID-19 Reference Document for Symptoms
- COVID-19 Patient Screening Guidance Document
- COVID-19 Screening Checklist
- COVID-19 Case Definition
- COVID-19 Test Requisition
- Information sheet (available in multiple languages)
- COVID-19 response framework: keeping Ontario safe and open
- COVID-19 Directives, Memorandums and Other Resources
- COVID-19 Operational Requirements for Health Sector Restart
- COVID-19: Guidance for Prioritization of Phase 2 Populations for COVID-19 Vaccination
- COVID-19 Guidance: Long-Term Care Homes and Retirement Homes for Public Health Units
COVID-19 Guidance in Healthcare Settings
- Guidance for Acute Care
- Guidance for Labour, Delivery and Newborn Care
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) for Scheduled Surgeries and Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Utilization of Multi-Bed Ward Rooms and Inpatient Placement in Hospitals During COVID-19
- Guidance for Long-Term Care
- Screening Tool for Long-Term Care Homes and Retirement Homes
- COVID-19 Surveillance Testing – Guidance Regarding Retirement Homes Staff and Resident Testing
- Visiting long-term care homes
- Guidance for Hospice Care
- Guidance for Community-Based Mental Health and Addiction Service Providers in Residential Settings
- Guidance for Mental Health and Addictions Service Providers in Community Settings
- Guidance for Paramedic Services
- Guidance for Independent Health Facilities
PPE & Vaccines
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Optimizing the Supply of Personal Protective Equipment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Joint Statement: COVID-19 and Health and Safety Measures, including Personal Protective Equipment
- Information on the Use of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators Beyond the Manufacturer-designated Shelf Life
- Guidance for mask use in long- term care homes and retirement homes
- COVID-19 Vaccines Resouces (CEP)
Laboratory Guidance
- Community Labs and Specimen Collection Centres
- COVID-19 Quick Reference Public Health Guidance on Testing and Clearance
- COVID-19 Provincial Testing Guidance Update
- An Overview of Cycle Threshold Values and their Role in SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time PCR Test Interpretation
- Enhancing the Protection for LTC Homes Through Rapid Antigen Testing
- Rapid Antigen Testing Questions and Answers
- COVID-19 Guidance: Considerations for Antigen Point-of-Care Testing
Public Health Guidance
- Public Health Management of Cases and Contacts of COVID-19 in Ontario
- COVID-19 Variant of Concern Omicron (B.1.1.529): Case, Contact and Outbreak Management Interim Guidance
- COVID-19 Fully Vaccinated Individuals: Case, Contact and Outbreak Management Interim Guidance
- COVID-19 Guidance: School Outbreak Management
- Quick Reference Public Health Guidance on Testing and Clearance
Community COVID-19 Guidance
- COVID-19 Reference Document for Symptoms
- COVID-19 Patient Screening Guidance Document
- COVID-19: Interim Guidance for Schools and Child Care: Omicron Surge
- COVID-19 Screening Tool for Children in School and Child Care
- Priority strategies to optimize testing and screening for primary and secondary schools
- Guidance for Essential Workplaces
- Guidance for Pharmacies
- Guidance for Occupational Health and Safety
- Restaurant and food services health and safety during COVID-19
- Guidance for Consumption and Treatment Services
- Guidance for Industry Operators
- Guidance for Emergency Childcare Centres
- Guidance for Homeless Shelters
- Guidance for Group Homes and Co-Living Settings
- Talking to Children About the Pandemic
- Resources for Ontarians Experiencing Mental Health and Addictions Issues During the Pandemic
- Guidance for Funeral and Bereavement Services
- Home Care Infection Prevention and Control Practices (IPAC): Caring for Ontarians Safely at Home During COVID-19-Fall 2020 (Home Care Ontario)
Public Health Ontario
- PHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- COVID-19 Health Care Resources
- COVID-19 Self-Assessment
- Interim IPAC Recommendations for Use of Personal Protective Equipment for Care of Individuals with Suspect or Confirmed COVID-19
- PIDAC COVID-19: Aerosol Generation from Coughs and Sneezes
- PIDAC Best Practices for Prevention, Surveillance and Infection Control Management of Novel Respiratory Infections in All Health Care Settings
- Interim Guidance on IPAC for Health Care Providers and Patients Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Hospital and Long-Term Care Setting
- PIDAC Interim Guidance for Infection Prevention and Control of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern for Health Care Settings
- PIDAC Risk of COVID-19 Transmission from Vaccinated Cases
- Daily Scan of Selected National and International Public Health organizations (COVID-19 Guidelines)
- PHO General Test Requistion
- PHO Requsition for Specimen Containers and Supplies
- Interactive Data Tool
- A Congregate Living Setting Resource Toolkit
- Wearing Masks in Public
- Asymptomatic Infection and Asymptomatic Transmission
- Enhanced Epidemiological Summary: COVID-19 in Ontario – A Focus on Diversity
- Enhanced Epidemiological Summary:COVID-19 in Ontario – A Focus on Material Deprivation
- Enhanced Epidemiological Summary: COVID-19 Regional Incidence and Time to Case Notification in Ontario
- Enhanced Epidemiological Summary: COVID-19 Infection in Children
- Epidemiological Summary: Evolution of COVID-19 Case Growth in Ontario
Prince Edward Island
- COVID-19 Alert Level System
- Information about COVID-19
- Pre-Travel Approval Process
- COVID-19 FAQs
- COVID-19 Operational Plan Template
Gouvernement du Québec
- Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Recommandations intérimaires pour l’application des mesures de prévention et contrôle des infections – Nouveau coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Outil d'évaluation pour les infirmières au triage de l'urgence
- Recommandations intérimaires sur les mesures de prévention et contrôle des infections pour les milieux de soins aigus
- Algorithme décisionnel clinique pour coronavirus COVID-19
- COVID-19 : Avis du CINQ : gestion du risque pour la protection respiratoire en milieux de soins aigus
- Protocole ministériel préhospitalier pour la prise en charge des patients susceptibles de présenter une maladie respiratoire sévère (MRS)
- Coronavirus COVID-19 - Orientations à l’intention des cliniques médicales
- Cadres de référence en matière d'éthique et lignes directrices pour les pandémies et les urgences de santé publique
Équité
Santé autochtone
Établissement des priorités/répartition des ressources
Recherche et surveillance
Communication
Santé mentale, justice mondiale
Les libertés civiles et les limites
Distanciation physique (ou sociale) : trouver l'équilibre entre les effets positifs et négatifs
Saskatchewan
- COVID-19 Apps
- Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan
- Cases and Risk of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan
- Travel Information
- Public Health Measures
- Latest Updates
- Information for Health Care Providers
- Safe Schools Plan
- Assessment and Treatment Sites
- Testing Information.
- Information for Businesses and Workers
- Child Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Mental Health and COVID-19
- Self Assessment Tool
- Self-Isolation
- Self-Monitoring
- Physical Distancing and Extended Households
- State of Emergency
- Health System Pandemic Response
- Visiting SHA Facilities