The Manitoba guidelines below were developed by the Infection Control and Occupational Health and Safety group as part of Manitoba’s pandemic response plan. These guidelines, as well as those provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada, are meant to help health care providers as they use their professional judgment in the care of patients.
There may be times when a health care provider is unsure what kind of protection is most appropriate. In those cases, the health care provider must make a professional judgment based on the specific clinical situation, the type of patient interaction, the environment of care and other personal protection equipment used.
Guidelines
- Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines - Novel A/H1N1 Influenza (PDF, 162 KB)
- Point of Entry Infection Screening for Health Care Settings (PDF, 59 KB)
- Fact Sheet - Effectively Using N95 Respirators (PDF, 32 KB)
- Manitoba Interim Guidance for Clinicians in Ambulatory Care Settings (PDF, 91 KB)
- Nasopharyngeal collection for respiratory virus detection (PDF, 51KB)
Forms
- H1N1 Investigation Form (PDF, 244 KB)
- Reporting Forms (PDF, 190 KB)
Letters from the Chief Provincial Public Health Officer
- Letter to Health Professionals - May 1, 2009
Update: Interim Guidelines for Novel A/H1N1 Influenza (PDF, 32 KB) - Letter to All Health Care and RHA Staff - April 27, 2009 (PDF, 38 KB)
- Letter to Health Professionals - April 27, 2009 (PDF, 37 KB)
- Letter to Colleagues - April 23, 2009 (PDF, 42 KB)
Information from the Public Health Agency of Canada
- Guidelines for Laboratory Testing
- Interim Guidance: Infection prevention and control measures for Health Care Workers in Acute Care Facilities (PHAC) (PDF, 98 KB)
- Interim Guidance for Public Health Response to Human Cases of Swine Influenza A (H1N1) in Canada (PHAC) (PDF, 56 KB)
- Interim Guidance for Clinicians in Ambulatory Care Settings - Human Cases of Swine Influenza A (H1N1) (PHAC) (PDF, 72 KB)
- SRI Surveillance Protocol (PDF, 80 KB)