In this section you'll find information for health care providers, educators, workplaces, and our reportable disease list.
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This is the first letter that parents and guardians received informing them that the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit had incomplete records of their child’s immunizations. This letter provided guidance to parents/guardians in order to avoid enforcement actions under the ISPA.
This letter was sent to parents requiring them to take action to update their elementary child’s immunization record.
View the PDF document of IPAC and Outbreak Management in Child Care Centres - Requirements and Best Practices for Windsor-Essex.
A collection of resources for Child Care providers in Windsor and Essex County
Pour contrôler la propagation des maladies transmissibles, il est essentiel de les signaler rapidement. Conformément au Règlement de l’Ontario 135/18 et aux modifications apportées à la Loi sur la protection et la promotion de la santé, vous devez signaler au médecin hygiéniste de la région tout cas soupçonné ou confirmé d’une des « maladie importante sur le plan de la santé publique » ci-dessous ou la présence de son agent étiologique.
As of May 1st, 2018, there are new mandatory reporting requirements. “Reportable Diseases” are now referred to as “Diseases of Public Health Significance”. As well, it is no longer required for clinicians to report malaria and yellow fever.
The Mandatory Blood Testing Act reduces the time it takes to get results of certain blood tests.