Healthcare Providers

Recent Updates

• For up to date COVID-19 orders, directives, memorandums and other resources from the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, please click here.

General Information

Healthcare providers should follow routine practices and precautions when providing immunizations and other services, by considering the following recommendations:

• Screening all clients prior to visits
• Non-medical masks for patients
• Physical distancing between patients at the clinic
• Scheduling considerations
• Personal protective equipment when necessary

Up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County can be found on the Local Data and COVID-19 Vaccines webpages.

COVID-19 is reportable disease under Ontario’s public health legislation. If you suspect an individual may be infected with COVID-19, healthcare providers must report the suspected case to Windsor-Essex County Health Unit immediately. Please use the WECHU’s reporting form:

WECHU 2019 Novel Coronavirus HCP Investigation and Reporting Form (PDF)

• Case Definition
• WHO Situation Report
• Clinical Signs and Symptoms
• Laboratory Testing Guidelines
• COVID-19 Advice through eConsult
  • Physicians and nurse practitioners can access specialist advice related to COVID-19 and the following Public Health specialty categories:
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Vaccine - Public Health
    • Vaccine - Allergy/Immunology
    • Autoimmune Disorders
    • Pregnancy
• For more information or to access the Ontario eConsult Service, visit the OTNhub.
• Access to COVID-19 Antiviral Treatment (Paxlovid)

Signage & Resources

Signage

The following signage has been created by Ontario’s Ministry of Health for health care settings.

Additional signage and resources made by WECHU can be found here.

Guidance Documents

Resources

• Interim Infection Prevention and Control Measures Based on Respiratory Virus Transmission Risk in Health Care Settings

• Guidance, Resources, and Best Practices for Health Care Providers – Public Health Ontario
• Multilingual COVID-19 Fact Sheets – Public Health Ontario
• Coronavirus Information for Health Professionals – Public Health Agency of Canada
• COVID-19 Guidance for the Health Sector – Ontario Ministry of Health
• Orders, Directives, Memorandums, and Other Resources – Ontario Ministry of Health
• COVID-19 Resources – Provincial Council on Maternal and Child Health

COVID-19 Vaccine Information

Administering the COVID-19 Vaccine

If you are interested in administering the COVID-19 vaccine in your office, view this information, or email vaccine@wechu.org to learn more.

Reporting of Adverse Events

Health care providers are required to report an adverse event following immunization. To report an adverse event to the WECHU, please complete Public Health Ontario’s Adverse Event Following Immunization Reporting Form and submit it to the WECHU by email (vaccine@wechu.org) or fax (519-977-1711).