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The presentation will start shortly COVID-19 Health Care Provider - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The presentation will start shortly COVID-19 Health Care Provider Briefing Middlesex and London Region September 8, 2020 Welcome Presenter: Dr. Alex Summers Associate Medical Officer of Health Middlesex-London Health Unit @alexsummers4
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Welcome
Presenter:
- Dr. Alex Summers
Associate Medical Officer of Health Middlesex-London Health Unit @alexsummers4
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Surveillance Report
As of September 7th, 2020:
- Over 27.3 million COVID-19 cases and over
893,000 deaths have been reported worldwide.
- 45, 314 cases of this illness confirmed in
Ontario, including 2,862 deaths
- Local:
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Cases by Reported Date
Data source: MLHU COVID-19 Case and Contact Management System, extracted 2020-09-08 at 08:30 EDT. Data current as of the end of day 2020-09-07
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Cases by Onset Date
Data source: MLHU COVID-19 Case and Contact Management System, extracted 2020-09-08 at 08:30 EDT. Data current as of the end of day 2020-09-07 Note: Illness that began in the period denoted by the grey bars may not yet be reported.
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New Hours of Operation
- MLHU’s Outbreak and Facilities Team
– Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. – On-call support:
- Monday to Thursday 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.,
- Friday to Sunday from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- For afterhours support, call 519-663-5317
- ext. 9012 to report probable or confirmed
cases of COVID-19.
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Updated Provincial Resource
COVID-19 Guidance: Primary Care Providers in a Community Setting:
- Clarification for patients who screen negative and are coming to the office/clinic
for vaccine administration, gloves are not required to be worn, but considered as per the Canadian Immunization Guide (Bullet 24)
- Removed the wording on “essential visits”
- Recommendation to actively screen all patients (and those accompanying, if
applicable) upon entry to office/clinic, in addition to phone screening
- Patients and accompanying persons must mask for the entire clinic visit
- In addition to symptomatic patients, testing should also be offered to, or
arranged for, asymptomatic patients with a known or suspected exposure
- Requirement to self-isolate while working for asymptomatic primary care
providers revised to reflect return from travel outside of Canada or to an area inside Canada with an elevated rate of COVID-19 (Bullet 31).
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New Visitor Policy for Long-Term Care
- Resuming Visits in Long-Term Care Homes
policy:
– Caregivers can visit, without time limits. – Each resident and/or their substitute decision-maker may designate a maximum of two caregivers. – If a home is not in an outbreak, and the resident is not self- isolating or symptomatic, caregivers can visit together. – If a home is in an outbreak, or the resident is self-isolating
- r symptomatic, they must visit one-at-a-time to limit
possible exposures and follow Health Unit directions.
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New Visitor Policy for Long-Term Care
- Resources supporting this update include:
– Poster:
- Our home is currently free from COVID-19
- Limited visits during a COVID-19 outbreak
– Checklist for Visits with Residents – Frequently asked question (FAQ) document on the updated COVID-19 visiting policy.
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MLHU Info and Contact
- Weekly webinars held on Tuesdays at 12:00 p.m.
to 12:30 p.m.
- Please send your questions to
healthcareproviders@mlhu.on.ca
- Monday to Sunday, 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
– Hotline model – Call 519-663-5317
- www.healthunit.com
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