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COVID-19 Update: Expanding testing criteria

Posted on Monday, April 13, 2020 06:15 AM

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Walk-In Clinics, Travel Clinics, Community Health Centres, Emergency Departments, Infection Control, HEPCO, Long Term Care Homes, Retirement HomesDate: April 13, 2020From: Dr. Monir Taha, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health (OPH)

For COVID-19 information see OPH’s Physician and Health Care Professionals Coronavirus website, visit www.ottawapublichealth.ca/ncov, or call 613-580-6744

The Ministry of Health has released updated guidance

COVID-19: Updated guidance related to COVID-19 in Health Care Workers

Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2020 04:00 AM

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Walk-In Clinics, Travel Clinics, Community Health Centres, Emergency Departments, Infection Control, HEPCO, Pharmacists, Midwives, Long Term Care Homes, Retirement HomesDate: April 1, 2020From: Dr. Robin Taylor, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health (OPH)

For COVID-19 information see OPH’s Physician and Health Care Professionals Coronavirus website, visit www.ottawapublichealth.ca/ncov, or call 613-580-6744.

As cases of COVID-19...

COVID-19: Updates on testing and patient management

Posted on Monday, March 30, 2020 04:15 AM

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Walk-In Clinics, Travel Clinics, Community Health Centres, Emergency Departments, Infection Control, HEPCO, Long Term Care Homes, Retirement HomesDate: March 30, 2020From: Dr. Monir Taha, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health (OPH)

For COVID-19 information see OPH’s Physician and Health Care Professionals Coronavirus website, visit www.ottawapublichealth.ca/ncov, or call 613-580-6744.

As cases of COVID-19 increase in Ottawa, we thank...

COVID-19: Nasopharyngeal swab shortage

Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2020 05:45 AM

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Walk-In Clinics, Travel Clinics, Community Health Centres, Emergency Departments, HEPCO, Infection Control, Acute Care – IPAC, Midwives, Long Term Care Homes, Retirement HomesDate: March 28, 2020From: Dr. Monir Taha, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health (OPH)

Dear Colleagues,

For COVID-19 information see OPH’s Physician and Health Care Professionals Coronavirus website, visit www.ottawapublichealth.ca/ncov, or call 613-580-6744.

As per...

COVID-19: Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities and Retirement Homes

Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 11:00 AM

To: Long Term Care Homes, Retirement Homes, Emergency Departments, HEPCODate: March 24, 2020From: Dr. Brent Moloughney, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health

Dear Colleagues,

For COVID-19 information see OPH’s Physician and Health Care Professionals Coronavirus website, visit (www.ottawapublichealth.ca/ncov), or call 613-580-6744.

As per our March 16, 2020 Criteria for COVID-19 Laboratory Testing, Ottawa Public Health (OPH) recommends that individuals with acute respiratory...