Health Care Professionals
Primary care providers: It’s respiratory season! Onboard to provide COVID-19 vaccine in your primary care setting today!
COVID-19
- Updated PHO IPAC recommendations for use of PPE for COVID-19
- Visit durham.ca/CovidInfoHub for the latest information from Durham Region Health Department.
MPOX
Visit durham.ca/mpox for the latest information from Durham Region Health Department.
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| Health Department fact sheets |
| MPOX testing |
| Approval for MPOX testing is not required. Health care providers can submit MPOX specimens to Public Health Ontario Lab (PHOL) for testing. Health care providers may consult with a PHOL microbiologist for testing eligibility and instructions for collection, submission, and shipment of MPOX samples.
MPOX has been designated a Disease of Public Health Significance (DOPHS) as “Smallpox and other Orthopoxviruses including MPOX” under the Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA). Health care providers with patients suspecting MPOX infection must report directly to their local Medical Officer of Health (Ontario Reg 135/18) under the Health Protection and Promotion Act. For more information:
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| Infection prevention and control (IPAC) recommendations for MPOX in health care settings |
| Additional MPOX information |
Diseases of public health significance
Regular Health Department resources and services
Order free print resources for your clients
IPAC Hub Spotlight Durham Region
An e-newsletter distributed electronically to long-term care homes, retirement homes and congregate living settings in Durham Region. Our
newsletter is published and distributed by Durham Region Health Department, Health Protection Division in partnership with Lakeridge
Health IPAC Hub (Durham IPAC Hub).
Check out the latest edition of the e-newsletter
How healthy are Durham Region residents?
We use health indicators to monitor the health status of local residents. Health data for Durham Region comes from many sources, such as the Census, surveys and hospitals.
Check out the latest Durham health statistics
Alerts and updates
Take our AEFI reporting survey
Durham Region Health Department is gathering AEFI reporting feedback from health care professionals. The goal of this survey is to understand your practice in AEFI reporting and determine methods that would help make this reporting easier for you. The anonymous survey takes less than five minutes to complete. Please have each health care provider administering vaccines complete their own survey.
Launch the AEFI reporting survey
Get the latest, local statistics on opioids in Durham Region including:
- Weekly number of suspected opioid overdose calls received by Region of Durham Paramedic Services
- Monthly number of confirmed opioid overdose emergency department visits
- Annual number of opioid-related deaths
Durham Region Opioid Information System
Infectious disease surveillance
Durham Region outbreak status report Durham Region Flu Tracker
Forms
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| Dental program applications |
| Naloxone distribution |
| Ontario Naloxone Program (ONP) Eligible community agencies are now able to order naloxone kits from the Health Department to distribute to:
How to become a registered naloxone distribution site To determine eligibility please complete the ONP Eligibility Application. Once you complete this application, a representative from Durham Region Health Department will contact you. |
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| Publicly funded sexually transmitted infection (STI) medications Vaccines The forms below are for print purposes only.
Annual fridge inspections Annual fridge inspections typically occur between the summer months of June to August. You will be contacted by a Durham Region Health Department (DRHD) nurse to schedule an inspection time. If you have obtained a new fridge, contact us at 905-668-7711 extension 3063 to arrange fridge inspection prior to storing publicly funded vaccines.
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| Referral |
| Reporting |
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Tools and guidance documents
| Alcohol, cannabis, opioids and smoking |
| Alcohol Rapid Access Addictions Medicine Breaking Free Online Canada's Guidance on Alcohol and Health
Cannabis
Opioids
Smoking
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| Concussions |
| Determining when its safe for someone diagnosed with a concussion to resume regular activities is particularly important, whether those activities are heavily sport-related or simply returning to school or work. Rowan’s LawRowan’s Law provides a framework for concussion prevention, detection, and management within amateur competitive sport. The final phase of implementation of Rowan’s Law includes the requirements for removal-from-sport and return-to-sport protocols. In addition, the Ministry of Education have also made amendments to the Education Act, such that policies on concussions are consistent with Rowan’s Law. What does this mean for health care providers? Under Rowan’s Law, physicians and nurse practitioners are the only health care providers that can medically assess and provide medical clearance for an athlete to return to unrestricted athletic participation. Based on this requirement you may see an uptick in patients seeking concussion assessments.
Resources to assist you
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| Dental and oral health |
| Ontario Works Dental Benefits - Adult Ontario Works recipients |
| Illness, infection and disease |
| Spore testing (biological monitoring) Diseases of public health significance Diseases of public health significance notification form Health Stats Infectious Diseases Infographics
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| Immunization and vaccines |
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| Potassium iodide (KI) tablets |
| Pregnancy, babies and toddlers |
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| Sexual health and sexually transmitted infections |
Learning and educational opportunities
| Fall prevention |
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| Infection control |
| Stigma and substance use |
| Understanding Stigma – CAMH course Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) e-Learning Series |
| Vaccine storage and handling |
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