Past eNewsletters

In this issue:

Updates:

• Middlesex-London Health Unit’s Holiday Hours
• Vaccine Ordering and Distribution
• RSV Update
• Spread the Word: Free Preventative Dental Services for Children from Low-Income Families
• Amendment - Link to Reportable Disease Form
• Pertussis In Ontario
• Public Health Ordering System (PHOS) For Resources

• Public Health Ontario Best Practices for the Prevention of Acute Respiratory Infection Transmission in All Health Care Settings October 2024 (First Revision: December 2024)

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• January 21, 2025 @ 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates:

• Measles Case in Southwestern Ontario - Amendment to reporting form link
• First Human Case of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in Canada
• Free Dental Care for Eligible Seniors in Our Community
• Public Health Ordering System (PHOS) for Resources

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• December 3, 2024 – The PHOS System for Resources

In this issue:

Updates:

• COVID-19 Vaccine Reminders
• Beyfortus / Nirsevimab RSV Product for Infants
• High Dose Influenza Vaccine - Individuals 65 years of Age and Older
• Mycoplasma Pneumoniae - Increased Activity in Ontario
• Congenital Syphilis
• Public Health Ordering System (PHOS) For Resources

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• November 19, 2024
• December 3, 2024

In this issue:

Updates:

• Respiratory Season Vaccines
• Vaccine pick-up
• Syphilis
• The MLHU Resource Binder is now online – Sign up today!

Advocacy, Education and Collaborative Opportunities:

• HIV Education Series for Primary Care Clinicians

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• November 19, 2024, at 12:15 p.m.
• December 3, 2024, at 12:15 p.m. – PHOS Demonstration for Resources

In this issue:

Updates:

• Influenza Vaccine
• COVID-19 Vaccine
• How to Contact the VPD Team at MLHU with Questions
• RSV Protection for Infants and High-Risk Children

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• October 16, 2024, 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates:

• Ontario’s 2024-2025 Universal Influenza Immunization Program
• Vaccine Supply and Ordering
• Program Timelines and Vaccine Prioritization
• Influenza Vaccine at Pharmacies
• Co-administration of Respiratory Vaccines
• Adverse Events Following Immunizations
• Questions
• Resources for Healthcare Providers
• End to Program Extensions for Missed Vaccine Doses
• 2024-2025 Grade 7 Immunization Program
• Vaccine Ordering and Reporting for Healthcare Providers
• Questions
• Legionellosis Prevention and Outbreaks
• Declining Breastfeeding Rates

Advocacy, Education and Collaborative Opportunities

• CME Webinar: Inclusive Sexual Health Care

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• October 16, 2024, at 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates

• Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccine Ordering
• Request for Support: Rabies Vaccine for Post-exposure Prophylaxis
• RSV Protection for Infants

Advocacy, Education, and Collaborative Opportunities

• Public Health Ontario – PHO Rounds: Respiratory Season 2024-25: Surveillance & Testing

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• September 17, 2024

Rabies Case in Ontario

The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health was alerted to a case of clinical rabies in Ontario earlier this week and has issued a memo to all hospitals and primary care providers in Ontario. Brant County Health Unit has issued the following announcement: Brant County Health Unit Confirms Rabies Case in Brantford-Brant Resident - Brant County Health Unit (bchu.org)

In this issue:

Updates

• Important Information regarding Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV Vaccines
• Vaccine Distribution
• Important Considerations
• RSV Eligibility Criteria
• RSV Vaccine for Pregnant Individuals
• Pneumococcal Vaccine Reminders
• Vaccine Products and Packaging
• First locally acquired human case of West Nile Virus (WNV)
• Mpox

Advocacy, Education and Collaborative Opportunities

• Black Health Collaborative

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• Resume September 17th

In this issue:

Updates

• Changes to COVID-19 Reporting Requirements
• Tick with Anaplasma Phagocytophilum Bacteria Identified
• Increased Pertussis Rates Across the Province
• Correction – Legionella – Respiratory - PCR and Culture Testing Link
• Vaccine Update – DTaP-IPV-Hib Vaccine Product
• Vaccine Reminder – Prevnar-13 and Pneumovax - 23 Returns
• Fall Vaccine Information

New/Updated Resources

• IPAC Resource for Clinical Practice

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• Resume on September 19th

Alert

Community Legionella Outbreak

The Middlesex-London Health Unit has declared a community Legionella outbreak. We ask that health care providers please consider legionellosis on the differential when investigating lower respiratory tract symptoms, and that when suspected, testing for legionellosis is completed.

Testing for legionellosis

Reporting to Public Health

In this issue:

Updates:

• Pneumococcal Vaccine Program
• For more information from the Chief Medical Officer of Health, click here.
• Summer 2024 Cold Chain Inspections
• Increasing Toxicity of Unregulated Drug Supply in Ontario

New/Updated Resources

• Extreme Heat Events

In this issue:

Updates:

• Open Newsletter in Browser View
• A Focus on Sexual Health
• Case and Contact Management for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections
• Treatment of Gonorrhea
• Testing and Treatment Resources
• First Human Case of Lyme Disease- Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases
• Updates to Guide the Management of Body Fluid Exposures

Healthcare Provider Webinar:

• June 18, 2024  at 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates:

• Newsletter Platform – Use of Browser View
• COVID-19 Antiviral Therapy: Updated clinical recommendations and changes to Paxlovid funding
• Middlesex-London Health Unit’s Respiratory Surveillance Report (“the Dashboard”)
• Correction - Vaccine Returns to Strathroy Site

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• June 18, 2024 at 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates:

• Vaccine Returns
• Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) Invalidations
• Vaccine Reminders
• Vaccine Ordering Information
• Information about Extreme Heat and Heat-related Illnesses

New/Updated Resources:

• Primary Care Hotline

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• May 22,2024 at 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Update:

• Polio vaccine recommendations for children previously immunized with oral polio vaccine (OPV)

New/Updated Resources:

• Outbreak Control Measures in Congregate Living Settings

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• New start time of 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates

• Avian Influenza Surveillance in Hospitalized Patients

New/Updated Resources

• Vaccine Resources

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• New start time of 12:15 p.m. beginning April 16th

RABIES CONTROL PROGRAM – DUTY TO REPORT

To: Physicians
Registered Nurses in the Extended Class

Date: March 27, 2024

Re: Duty to Report Animal Bite/Animal Contact

This letter is being sent in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Rabies Prevention and Control Protocol. It is your notification and reminder to report animal bites and/or other animal contact incidents to the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) Rabies Prevention and Control Program. Reporting incidents is mandated under regulation 557 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act. Attached you will find the required paperwork which is to be completed and forwarded to the MLHU Rabies Fax Line (519-663-0107) or emailed to zzFax.RabiesLine@mlhu.on.ca whenever an animal incident has been reported.

In this issue:

Updates

• Measles Update
• COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Update
• RSV Vaccine
• Vaccine Returns
• Solar Eclipse

New/Updated Resources

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• New start time of 12:15 p.m. beginning April 16th

In this issue:
Updates

• Respiratory Season
• Measles
• Vaccine Update
• New Vaccine Packaging
• Mpox Rates
• Testing for Mpox

New/Updated Resources

• Vaccine Safety Surveillance Resources from Public Health Ontario

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• New start time of 12:15pm beginning April 16th

In this issue:

• Memo for healthcare providers (HCPs)
• Current context
• Recent case in York Region
• Inclusion of measles in differential diagnosis
• Isolation guidelines for suspected cases
• Testing for measles
• Reporting positive cases to public health
• Vaccination

Resources

Healthcare Provider Webinars

In this issue:

Updates:

• Toxic Drug Supply in Ontario
• Immunization Services Available in Health Unit Run Clinics
• Publicly Funded Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Tests
• Offering Vaccines in Your Practice
• RSV Vaccine

New/Updated Resources

• National Suicide Crisis Helpline 9-8-8

Healthcare Provider Webinars

In this issue:

Updates:

• Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease (iGAS) Rates Continue to Rise
• Childhood Vaccination Services in Middlesex-London Area
• Middlesex-London Syphilis Rates Climbing

New/Updated Resources

• Ministry of Health Vaccine Information for Professionals
• Provincial website: Don’t Quit Quitting

Healthcare Provider Webinars

In this issue:

Updates:

• Measles and Varicella: Immunization and Criteria for Immunity
• RSV Vaccines: Expanded Eligibility and Second Vaccine Approved for use in Canada
• 2024 Publicly Funded Vaccine Program Extensions

New/Updated Resources

Healthcare Provider Webinars

In this issue:

Updates

• Mpox: Update and Importance of Full-Series Vaccination
• COVID-19 Vaccination Options for Children Under 12 Years of Age
• Middlesex-London Health Unit’s Holiday Hours
• Discontinuation of Provincial Funding for the Looksee Developmental Screening Tool

Healthcare Provider Webinars

In this issue:

Updates

• Western Fair District COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Clinic Set to Close
• Respiratory Surveillance Data

New/Updated Resources

• Updated Technical Briefs on PPE and IPAC for Respiratory Virus Transmission for Healthcare Workers
• Alcohol Updates
• Talking to Patients about Alcohol – “Less is Better”
• New – Canadian Clinical Guideline – High Risk Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorder
• Additional Resources

Healthcare Provider Webinars