COVID-19 Quick Reference Public Health Guidance on Testing and Clearance

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Shared by the Ministry of Health

Updated May 2, 2020

This information can be used to help guide decision making on testing and clearance of contacts of cases or individuals suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19.

Resource includes:

  • Who should be tested for COVID-19
  • Diagnosing COVID-19
  • Management of individuals who have not been tested
  • Criteria for when to discharge someone from isolation and consider them 'resolved'
  • Approaches to clearing cases
  • Recommendations for health care workers return to work 

COVID-19 Provincial Testing Guidance Update

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Shared by the Ministry of Health

Updated May 2, 2020

Updates to the document includes:

  • Additional detail for transfer from hospitals to LTC
  • Additional guidance for testing newborns
  • Conjunctivitis added to atypical symptom list
  • Added considerations for underlying reasons patients presenting with ONLY runny nose, sneezing or congestion, such as seasonal allergies and post-nasal drip

Resource includes:

  • Hospital Inpatients
  • Residents in LTC and Retirement homes
  • Residents of other congregated living settings and institutions
  • Persons working in congregate living settings and institutions
  • Persons living in same household of healthcare workers, providers and first responders
  • Remote, isolated, rural or indigenous communities
  • Specific priority populations
  • Essential workers
  • Cross-Border workers
  • Priorities in situations of resource limitations

Hamilton and McMaster FHTs provide drive-thru COVID-19 testing for 60 people per day

Y108 News article published April 23, 2020

By Lisa Polewski

Hamiltonians can now book a COVID-19 test at the city's drive-thru site, based inside the Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena.
It’s not quite the same as a fast-food drive-thru, but the COVID-19 testing centre at the Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena is as efficient as it gets.

Since Hamilton’s third testing site opened its doors a week ago, they’ve been testing about 60 people per day.

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Role of Grief and Bereavement in the Care of Health Care Providers and their Families During COVID-19

Wed, April 22, 2020
Webinar

Hosted by Pallium Canada

HOST AND MODERATOR

Dr. José Pereira MBChB, CFPC(PC), MSc, FCFP
Professor and Director, Division of Palliative Care, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Scientific Officer, Pallium Canada

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Prof. Carlos Centeno MD, PhD
Director, Palliative Care Department, University of Navarra Hospital
Main Researcher, Atlantes Research Program, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra
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COVID-19 Outbreak Has Likely Peaked in Ontario

Ontario News Release

Modelling shows physical distancing still needed to prevent further spread

TORONTO — The Ontario government today released updated COVID-19 modelling, which shows that the enhanced public health measures, including staying home and physically distancing from each other, are working to contain the spread of the virus and flatten the curve.

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