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COVID-19 March 17, 2020 Update - New Resources Added - Guidelines for Screening Health Care Workers (Companion Document for Managers), Community Testing Locations
COVID-19 Update – March 17, 2020
Please note the new Shared Health COVID-19 landing page (https://sharedhealthmb.ca/covid19/) and new Shared Health resources for health-providers URL (https://sharedhealthmb.ca/covid19/providers/)
Information and resources are being regularly updated at the links below. Please review and share as appropriate with leadership, sites, physicians and partners in long term care.
New & Updated Information by section:
March 17, 2020 - Public health officials advise that seven additional presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Manitoba. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed positive cases in Manitoba to 15. For full details, please visit https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=47038&posted=2020-03-17
Latest Operational Updates:
Guidelines for screening of Manitoba health-care workers (physicians and staff) *Updated https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-guidelines-for-screening-health-care-worker.pdf
Guidelines for managers (companion document) https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-guidelines-for-managers.pdf
OESH fax form https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-oesh-fax-form.pdf
A message from Lanette Siragusa, Provincial Lead, Health System Integration& Quality and Chief Nursing Officer, Shared Health https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-lanette-message.pdf
Visitor restrictions at acute and long term care facilities *Updated https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-visitor-restrictions.pdf
Emergency preparedness and privacy and security considerations *Updated https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-privacy-security.pdf
Media bulletin #17 https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=47017&posted=2020-03-17
Media bulletin #18 https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=47038&posted=2020-03-17
Resources for Staff and Sites:
Community testing locations https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-community-testing-locations.pdf
Respiratory hygiene brochure – English https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/respiratory-hygiene-pamphlet.pdf
Respiratory hygiene brochure – French https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/respiratory-hygiene-pamphlet-fr.pdf
Clean hands save lives brochure – English https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/clean-hand-pamphlet.pdf
Clean hand save lives brochure – French https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/clean-hand-pamphlet-fr.pdf
COVID-19 Highlights for Quick Reference for Staff – Provincial https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/COVID-19-highlights-provincial.pdf
COVID-19 Highlights for Quick Reference for Staff – Winnipeg https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/COVID-19-highlights-winnipeg.pdf
Patient Information:
Important information for kidney patients – French https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-info-for-kidney-patients-fr.pdf
Important information for cancer patients - French https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-info-for-cancer-patients-fr.pdf
Attention: Families and support persons of residents of long term care facilities *Updated https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-family-ltc.pdf
Personal protective equipment resources:
How to safely don and doff PPE https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-don-and-doff-ppe.pdf
Donning PPE video https://youtu.be/B5ew8020fwc
Doffing PPE video https://youtu.be/Lly8DjGcvDM
Posters:
Long term care poster 8.5” x 11” – English https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/ltc-poster-letter-size.pdf (updated) - also available in 11” x 17” and 22” x 28”
Long term care poster 8.5” x 11” – French https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/ltc-poster-letter-size-fr.pdf (updated) - also available in 11” x 17” and 22” x 28”
COVID-19 testing locations 8.5” x 11” – English https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-testing-location-letter.pdf (updated) - also available in 11” x 17” and 22” x 28”
COVID-19 testing locations 8.5” x 11” – French https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/covid-19-testing-location-letter-fr.pdf (updated) - also available in 11” x 17” and 22” x 28”
Attention patients contact alert poster 8.5” x 11” – English/French https://sharedhealthmb.ca/wp-content/uploads/attention-patients-wash-hands-1.pdf (updated) - also available in 11” x 17”
Shared Health hand hygiene poster 11” x 17” – English https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/hand-hygiene.pdf (updated)
Shared Health hand hygiene poster 11” x 17” – French https://sharedhealthmb.ca/files/hand-hygiene-fr.pdf (updated)
As always, up-to-date information is available at the following locations:
Information for the Public: https://www.gov.mb.ca/health/coronavirus/
Information for Health Care Providers, Physicians & Staff https://sharedhealthmb.ca/covid19/providers/
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