Posted on Friday, October 25, 2019 07:00 AM
To: Ottawa ImmunizersFrom: Dr. Robin Taylor, Associate Medical Officer of HealthDate: October 24, 2019
Dear Colleagues,
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is now beginning the annual process of assessing Ottawa students’ immunization records for compliance with the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA).
To attend school in Ontario, students need to be immunized against nine vaccine preventable diseases or have a medical or religious/philosophical exemption for:
Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2019 02:00 PM
To: Ottawa ImmunizersFrom: Dr. Sarah Funnell, Associate Medical Officer of HealthDate: October 10, 2019
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is adjusting our influenza vaccine distribution plan based on revised amounts received from the Ministry of Health.
OPH has received some doses of quadrivalent influenza vaccine which we are preparing for distribution to you beginning next week. Based on the amount we have received, you will receive 30 percent of the amount you received last season, to begin...
Posted on Friday, October 04, 2019 11:00 AM
To: Physicians and Nurse Practitioners, Emergency departments, Walk in clinicsFrom: Dr. Monir Taha, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public HealthDate: October 4, 2019
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has been informed of a confirmed case of measles in Montreal with brief travel to Ottawa on September 22, 2019, during the period of communicability. The period for post-exposure prophylactic immunization and immunoglobulin has ended for this exposure. If an individual presents in whom you...
Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:30 PM
To: Ottawa Physicians, Emergency Departments and Walk-in ClinicsFrom: Dr. Monir Taha, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public HealthDate: September 24, 2019
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has received the first positive result for West Nile virus (WNV) in an Ottawa area resident for the 2019 season. While WNV activity in mosquitoes has been low this year, risk for transmission to humans remains possible until the first few hard frosts of the fall.
Please keep WNV in mind for the...
Posted on Friday, September 20, 2019 12:00 PM
To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners, Emergency Departments and Walk-in Clinics, PediatriciansFrom: Dr. Sarah Funnell, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public HealthDate: September 20, 2019
Given an ongoing investigation between severe pulmonary illness and vaping in the United States and Canada, Health Canada is advising Canadians who use vaping products to monitor themselves for symptoms of pulmonary illness (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, chest pain) and seek medical...