Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) & Supplies
Primary Care providers who are experiencing
critical
PPE & supply issues (i.e., potential closing of clinics due to PPE), please email Janet Dang, Transformation Lead, Primary Care at
[email protected]
identifying what items you require. We hope to be able to redeploy any donated or extra PPE from our communities.
PPE is the last tier of protection – environmental control, diversion, physical barriers should be employed first. Doing a nasopharyngeal swab is NOT an aerosolizing procedure so does not require an N95 mask. Droplet and Contact precautions include all of the following:
- Surgical/procedure mask (not N95)
- Isolation gown
- Gloves
- Eye protection (goggles or face shield)
Need help managing your clinic during COVID-19?
If you have questions, need some advice and/or require support managing your clinic (i.e., office planning or virtual care) during this time, please email Dr. Mario Elia at
[email protected]
.
The guidance for testing no longer considers country of travel; instead it focuses on prioritization of those at highest risk. Testing is recommended for the following:
- Symptomatic contacts of confirmed cases, until community transmission is confirmed
- Individuals admitted to hospital with Acute Respiratory Illness (ARI)
- Health care workers with ARI
- Individuals with ARI who reside in long-term care homes and retirement homes
- Individuals with ARI who reside in other institutions and as directed by local public health
- Health care workers as part of a health care institutional outbreak and as directed by local public health
- First Nation Community members living on reserve with ARI
Signing up for OTN
Health Provider Webinars from Middlesex-London Health Unit
The Middlesex-London Health Unit will have health provider webinars twice weekly. These will be held on Tuesdays and Fridays at 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. More information to follow.
If you are not on the Health Unit's Healthcare Provider distribution list, please contact
[email protected]
.
Your Own Health
The OMA is recommending that physicians avoid in person meetings. Anyone in extreme distress should contact the OMA’s
Physician Health Program
at 1-800-851-6606 between 8:45 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Need help for yourself while you keep working?
1st and 2nd Year Schulich Med Students are offering help to healthcare and hospital workers who may need logistical help (i.e., groceries, childcare, help for elderly family members) so you can keep working during school closures.
Use this form
if you need assistance and they will try to match you with a student that can meet your needs.