Public Health Alerts for Health Care Professionals

COVID-19 Update Dec 31 2021

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Midwives, Travel Clinics and Walk-in Clinics, and Infection ControlDate: December 31, 2021From: Dr. Robin Taylor, Associate Medical Officer of Health

Dear Colleagues,

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is currently reviewing the new guidelines announced today by the Province in response to the highly transmissible Omicron variant. We will be updating our processes soon to reflect these changes and will message again when the new Provincial guidelines are available...

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Updates to provincial guidance on PPE for COVID-19

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Midwives, Travel Clinics and Walk-in Clinics, and Infection ControlDate: December 24th, 2021From: Dr. Robin Taylor, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Dr Dave Salisbury, Medical Director

Dear Colleagues,

Guidance related to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to change. We would like to draw your attention to the recent technical brief from Public Health Ontario regarding the use ofpersonal protective equipment (PPE) for care of patients with...

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COVID-19 Update Dec 22 2021

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Travel and Walk-In ClinicsDate: December 22, 2021From: Dr Robin Taylor, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Dr Sarah Erdman, Medical Director

Dear Colleagues,Guidance from the Ministry of Health regarding COVID-19 is rapidly changing. Thank you for your patience. Below is a summary of recent changes. We will attempt to keep you updated as more information is available.

Testing of Health Care Workers (HCW)

The health care system and testing task force...

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COVID-19 Update Dec 17, 2021

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Travel and Walk-In ClinicsDate: Dec 17, 2021From: Dr Sarah Funnell, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Dr Sarah Erdman, Medical Director

Dear Colleagues,

Omicron is quickly becoming the dominant variant in Ottawa. Due to the surge in demand for testing, COVID-19 testing is no longer available for everyone in a timely manner. Because of this unfortunate reality, OPH will be directing people with any symptoms of COVID-19 who are unable to access a...

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Request for physician immunizers to provide COVID-19 third doses

To: Ottawa PhysiciansDate: Dec 14, 2021From: Dr. Vera Etches, Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Trevor Arnason, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Immunization

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for all the work you have done and continue to do to support the health of Ottawa residents and the vaccination campaign in Ottawa.

Owing to the serious threat of the Omicron variant, the Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario, Dr Kieran Moore, has now emphasized the need for an emergency response approach...

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