News & Updates

  B.C. Weekly Updates

General Information

• Remote First Nations Communities - Pandemic Preparedness (PDF)

Infection Control

COMMUNITY

• PHAC Guidance: Infection Prevention and Control Measures for Prehospital Care

ACUTE CARE

• PHAC Guidance: Infection Prevention and Control Measures for Acute Care Facilities

RESIDENTIAL CARE, ASSISTED LIVING & SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

• PHAC Guidance: Infection Prevention and Control Measures for Long Term Care Facilities

Guidelines

PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA (PHAC)

• Cruise ships
• Individual and Community Based Measures
• Mass Gatherings
• Post Secondary and Boarding Schools
• Child Care Programs and Schools (K to grade 12)
• Surveillance for Influenza in Hospitalized Adults
• Reporting Adverse Reactions to Antiviral Drugs
• Summer Camps 
• Emergency use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu®) in children under one year of age
• Outbreaks in closed facilities
• Ambulatory Care
• Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women
• Public Health Response
• Novel H1N1 Flu Virus

For more guidelines and resources from PHAC, visit:

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-alerte/h1n1/hp-index-eng.php

PREGNANCY / POSTPARTUM HEALTH

• Midwives - Prescribing and Test Ordering for H1N1 (PDF) College of Midwives of British Columbia
• Pregnancy, Postpartum and Newborn - H1N1 Management Guidelines (PDF) BC Perinatal Health Program
• Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women - PHAC Guidelines