Health professionals updates
Sharing important information with Peel physicians.
Peel Public Health uses Health Professionals Updates to share new or updated public health information relevant to physician practice in the community.
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July 2024
July 22, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 20
- Update: Pneumococcal Vaccine Program
- Update: West Nile virus risk in Peel
- Reminders: West Nile virus transmission, clinical presentation, diagnostic testing, reporting, and preventive measures
- Listeriosis clinical testing
July 16, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 18
- Local increase in Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD)
- Update: Hepatitis B high risk ordering process
- New process for ordering vaccines
July 12, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 17
- Revised: Heat-related illness and associated risks for at risk populations taking certain medications.
- New: Listeria outbreak and recall of various refrigerated, plant-based beverages.
- Physician Call for Action: Immunization of School Aged Patients.
- Reminder: EMR tool available to identify school-aged patients missing vaccines under the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA).
May 2024
- July to December 2024 Paid Vaccine Delivery and STI Medication Delivery Schedule
- Reminder: Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP)
- Updated Clinical Recommendations for COVID-19 Antiviral Therapy
- Paxlovid Funding Transitioning to Typical Models
- Screening for tuberculosis (TB) infection (also known as latent TB infection)
- Reporting TB infection (TBI) and ordering TB preventive treatment (TPT)
- TB preventive treatment (TPT)
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April 2024
April 30, 2024 Vol. 17, No. 13
- Update: Polio vaccine recommendations for children previously immunized internationally with oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV)
- Reminder: Complete Clinic Information Profile Survey for the new digital vaccine order form
- Updated PHO Resources - Recommended Steps: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Action required: Complete Clinic Information Profile for New Digital Vaccine Order Form
- National Immunization Awareness Week
- New: High Risk Hepatitis B vaccine order form
- New: Hepatitis B vaccine requisition for Hepatitis B contacts and Hepatitis C cases
- Updated: Ministry of Health COVID-19 vaccine guidance
- New: Vaccine Order Form coming soon
- Ontario Spring 2024 COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign
- RSV Vaccine Program Wind Down
- New: Vaccine Order Form Coming Soon
March 2024
- New: Supervised Consumption Services Clinic now open at 10 Peel Centre Drive in Brampton
- Reminder: Peel Works Harm Reduction Program
- Update: Vaccine products
- New: Vaccine packaging format changes
- Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP) 2023/2024 vaccine returns
- New: Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) vaccine clinics and reminder to report immunization records
- New: Public Health Ontario (PHO) measles resource for health care providers
February 29, 2024 Vol. 17 No. 7
- March Break School Vaccination Program Catch-up Clinics
- Reminder: Immunization School Pupils Act (ISPA) - Orders of Suspension
February 27, 2024 Vol. 17 No. 6
- Peel Public Health Pregnancy and Parenting Program Updates
February 22, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 5
- Global Increase in Measles Activity
February 7, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 4
- Reminder: Rabies Serology Testing
January 31, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 3
- Update: Public Health Ontario changes to Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) testing and Hepatitis B Viral (HBV) testing and requisition form
- Update: Peel Health Professionals website
January 22, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 2
- Immunization School Pupils Act (ISPA) – Orders of Suspension
- Update: COVID-19 Medical Exemptions
January 15, 2024; Vol. 17, No. 1
- Revised: Ministry of Health guidance for routine and catch-up immunization services
- New: Novovax (Nuvaxovid) XBB COVID-19 vaccine
- End of free vaccine delivery period
- Increasing iGAS cases
December 19, 2023; Vol. 16, No. 37
- Update: RSV vaccine program expansion
- January to June 2024 paid vaccine and STI medication delivery schedule
- Update: COVID-19 and influenza Peel Public Health Clinics and homebound program
- Urgent care and after-hours services available in Peel
December 12, 2023; Vol. 16, No. 36
Holiday schedule for Peel Public Health Clinics and Services
December 1, 2023; Vol. 16, No. 35
- Update: The Botulism Guide for health care professionals has been updated (October 2023)
- Reminder: Treatment of Botulism is guided by Clinical Diagnosis
- Reminder: Clinical presentation of Infant Botulism
- Reminder: Ordering BabyBIG for Infant Botulism cases
- Reminder: Process to order Botulism Anti-Toxin (BAT) and BabyBIG (for infants less than 1 year of age).
November 24, 2023; Vol. 16, No. 34
- New: Anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Powassan virus (POWV) risk in Peel
- New: Anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and POWV clinical presentation, diagnostic testing, and treatment
- Reminders: Tick species identification and reporting tick-borne diseases
November 1, 2023; Vol. 16, No. 33
- Influenza and COVID-19 vaccines are now available for the general population
October 20 2023; Vol. 16, No. 32
- New: National Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Week
- New Common issues cited in IPAC Complaint Investigations
October 5, 2023; Vol. 16, No. 31
- New: COVID-19 Fall and Winter 2023-2024 Campaign
- New: Peel Health Professionals Portal for onboarding and ordering COVID-19 vaccines
- New Distribution of rapid antigen tests
- Reminder: COVID-19 testing and antiviral treatment
September 29, 2023; Vol. 16, No. 30
- Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP)
- Reviewing Immunization Status for Seniors ≥65 years of age
- Reminder: Reporting Adverse Event(s) Following Immunization (AEFI)
- New: RSV Vaccine for Seniors
September 18, 2023; Vol. 16, No. 29
- Immunization screening letters
August 29 2023; Vol. 16, No. 28
- Update: West Nile virus risk in Peel
- Reminders: West Nile virus clinical presentation, diagnostic testing, preventative measures, and reporting
August 24, 2023; Vol. 16, No. 27
- Vaccine Storage and Handling Practices
- Monthly Temperature Log Submission Requirements for Long Term Care and Retirement Homes
- Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP)
August 15, 2023; Vol. 16, No. 26
- Alert: Rabies in Ontario and Peel Region
August 3, 2023; Vol. 16, No. 25
- New: EMR tool available to identify school-aged patients missing vaccines under the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA)
- Physician Call for Action: Immunization of School-Aged Patients
June 16, 2023; Vol. 16 , No. 21
- Alert: A Confirmed Case of Measles in Peel
June 16, 2023; Vol. 16 , No. 20
- Alert: Listeria Illness Associated with Mississauga Restaurant
June 13, 2023; Vol. 16 , No. 19
- Alert: Risk of mpox Resurgence this Summer
June 9, 2023; Vol. 16 , No. 18
- Reminders: Vaccine Storage and Handling
- July to December 2023 Paid Vaccine and STI Medication Delivery Schedule
June 8, 2023; Vol. 16 , No. 17
- Continuity of Peel Services – Peel’s Commitment to Health Professionals
- Continuity of Peel’s Services – Peel’s Commitment to Community Partners
June 7, 2023; Vol. 16 , No. 16
- Special Air Quality Statement Issued for Peel Region by Environment and Climate Change Canada
June 6, 2023; Vol. 16 , No. 15
- Required Immunizations for School - Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA)
- New: Summer Routine School Immunization Clinics
- Reminder: Extended Eligibility for High-Risk and Shingles Vaccines
- Reminder Reporting Adverse Event(s) Following Immunization (AEFI)
- Alert: Increased Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease (iGAS) in Ontario
- Increased Group A Streptococcal Disease iGas in Ontario Memo
