Resources
For policies and guidelines from SHOP, please see the Guidelines page.
If any Resources are out-of-date or should be removed, or if you would like to add any, please email: covid-19@providencehealth.bc.ca
Human Resources / Occupational Health & Safety
- Resources
Infection Prevention & Control
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Expsoures, outbreaks and environmental
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- Potential Exposures At Work (BCCDC)
- Contact Tracing Flowchart (PHC IPAC)
- Declutter checklist
- Environmental audit tool
- For the Infection Control Regional Toolkit, please email Patty Yoon, Director of Outbreak Management, Pandemic Response Team.
- Outbreak reporting template
- Coming soon: PHC Exposures + Outbreaks toolkits
- Recovery & safety plans
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- Clinical Setting - COVID-19 Safety Plan Checklist
- Acute Care Settings - COVID-19 Recovery: Public Health and Infection Control Key Principle
- Acute Care & Ambulatory Clinic Settings - COVID-19 Recovery: Public Health and Infection Control Key Principles
- Ambulatory Care/Diagnostics - COVID-19 Recovery: Public Health and Infection Control Key Principles
- Posters
- Other resources
Long Term Care
- Resident care
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- Clinical Decision Pathway: COVID-19 in LTC Residents (BCCDC)
- Long Term Care Facilities & Assisted Living Facilities (BCCDC website)
- Infection Prevention and Control Requirements for COVID-19 in Long Term Care and Seniors’ Assisted Living (BCCDC)
- Care plan for residents with COVID-19 or suspected COVID-19
- Care planning for residents with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 (VCH – September 24, 2020)
- Guidance: isolation of residents in LTC who are living with dementia
- Supporting residents at mealtimes
- Managing responsive behaviour during COVID-19
- LTC transfers to acute care (memo)
- COVID-19 PHO / MHO exemption in exceptional circumstances form
- Transporting of dangerous goods - coronavirus (COVID-19) specimen: Standard Operation Procedure
- Pandemic preparedness and response in BC long-term care and assisted living facilities: self-assessment (BC Patient Safety & Quality Council)
- Practice Alert: Nebulizer Treatment Practice Alert (March 15, 2020)
- Resident screening video
- Visitors & families
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- Overview of Visitors in Long-Term Care and Seniors' Assisted Living (BCCDC | Ministry of Health) (February 2021)
- LTC Visitors Policy (updated March 29, 2021)
- new policy begins April 1, 2021
- LTC Staff and Visitor Screening Form (January 28, 2021)
- Visitor Screening Questions - Chinese translations (February 16, 2021)
- Front door screening video (YouTube link)
- Food delivery by families in long-term care (Oct 2020)
- The use of gowns for essential visitors (Oct 2020)
- LTC outbreak & environmental
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- Interdisciplinary Long-Term Care – Infection Control Kit: Outbreak Readiness Checklist
- Please note: more outbreak tools and checklists can be found above in the IPAC section above
- Recovery & safety plans
- Staff
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- Enhanced Student Screening Questionaire
- LTC Enhanced Staff Screening Form (for staff who have not been on site for 14 days or more)
- LTC Staff and Visitor Screening (January 28, 2021)
This page last updated Mar 30, 2021 11:36am PDT
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