COVID-19
May 14th 2021
Memo from Dr. Margaret Manville, Medical Director Long-Term Care, Regarding an Updated LTC COVID-19 Response Protocol
Updated Response Protocol
December 21st 2020
Memo from Dr. Margaret Manville, Medical Director Long-term Care, Regarding Island Health LTC Physician COVID-19 Outbreak Response Principles and Guidelines
Dec 2020 LTC Memo #12v2
December 7th 2020
LTC Outbreak Guidelines for Medical Coordinators
May 26th 2020
2020 05 26 LTC Communication Bulletins re COVID 19 #10- FAQ's
May 19th 2020
2020 05 19 LTC Communication Bulletins re COVID 19 #9
April 6th 2020
2020 04 06 LTC Communication Bulletins re COVID 19 #6
April 3rd 2020
LTC Communication Bulletin COVID-19 #5
March 23rd 2020
LTC Communication Bulletin COVID-19 #3
March 19th 2020
2020 03 18 LTC Communication Bulletins re COVID 19 #2
March 16th 2020
Recommendations from LTC Medical Advisory Committee: COVID-19 #1
LTC Communication Bulletin COVID-19 #1
Updated Long-term Care & COVID-19 Guidelines & Posters
- Island Health LTC & Assisted Living Essential Visitor Determination Guideline
- BCCDC Social Visiting Guidelines for LTC & Assisted Living Facilities
- BCCDC Long-term Care Policy - Restricted Visitor Poster
Clinical Order Set: COVID-19 Treatment Long-Term Care
Frequently Asked Questions: COVID-19 Vaccine
Learning Series Resources:
- LTC-COVID-19-Response-Protocol-If-Theres-an-Outbreak
- Preparedness & Containment - How to Prepare for an Outbreak
- memorandum-education-delivery-ipc-considerations
- preparing-influenza-season
- educator-rounds-pandemic-response-faqs-aug-20
Summary of LTC COVID-19 Documents: Frequently Accessed
Clinical Care:
Clinical Care - End of Life:
Employee Health, Wellness & Safety:
Patient Placement and Transport:
PPE - Aerosol-Generating Medical Procedures (AGMP):
- 7-doffing-ppe
- 7-donning-ppe
- 7-ppe-agmp-doffing
- 7-ppe-agmp-donning
- 7-ppe-droplet-contact-precautions-donning-doffing
- 8-agmps-ppe-requirements-patients-suspected-confirmed-risk-covid-19
- 8-covid-19-long-term-care-facility-ltcf-aerosol-generating-medical-procedures-agmps
PPE - Selection:
- 9.1-ppe-required-during-covid-19-pandemic
- 9.2-cleaning-disinfecting-instructions-eye-facial-protection-absence-water
- 9.3-point-care-risk-assessment-pcra
Screening-Facility Entrance:
Visitors to Island Health Facilities:
Nursing Homes Consider How to Reopen; ‘When Can I Come and See Mom?’
(The Wall Street Journal)
Nursing Homes Consider How to Reopen
IHI Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: COVID-19: Age-Friendly Care During a Pandemic
Risk Assessment and Discussion Tool for COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination
Risk Assessment Discussion for COVID-19
Alzheimer Society of British Columbia
Dementia care during COVID-19 Understanding behaviour - June 2020
Island Health Infection Prevention and Control Resources
Island Health Visitor/Staff Screening Tool for Long-term Care Sites:
Pallium Canada’s COVID-19 Response Resources
Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto - COVID-19 Resources
- General Principles for CPR during COVID-19 long-term care
All recordings of the COVID-19 Learning Series are available on the COVID-19 intranet page and YouTube for anyone who would like to view them.
Note: Island Heath Intranet access is required to view video presentations on the Island Health website.
Additional Links:
- COVID-19 Learning Series - Session 1 Preparing for Influenza Season (LTC)
- COVID-19 Learning Series - Session 2 Preparedness & Containment (LTC)
- COVID-19 Learning Series - Session 3 COVID-19 Response Protocol: What do I do if There's an Outbreak? (LTC)
- COVID-19 Learning Series - Session 4 Visiting in Long-term Care (LTC)
- COVID-19 Learning Series - Session 5 Long-Term Care Clinical Simulations (LTC)
- COVID-19 Learning Series - Session 6 Vaccines (LTC)