COVID-19 Testing, PPE and IPAC

If you are facing any PPE supply issues at your facility or long-term care home, please email the Ministry’s Emergency Operations Centre at EOClogistics.MOH@ontario.ca


PPE Supply Chain Regional Leads:

Waste Disposal Requirements for Rapid Antigen Screening

• MOH ADM Memo: Changes to Waste Disposal Requirements for Rapid Antigen Screening Tests
  
• PASP One Pager (English)
  
• PASP One Pager (French)
  
• PASP Information Document (English)
  
• PASP Information Document (French)
  
• PASP FAQ (English)
  
• PASP FAQ (French)
  
• Safe handling and management of rapid antigen COVID-19 testing waste

Testing Guidance

• COVID-19 Guidance: Considerations for Antigen Point-of-Care Testing
• COVID-19 Guidance: Long-Term Care Homes and Retirement Homes for Public Health Units (June 27, 2022)
• COVID-19 Provincial Testing Guidance (April 11, 2022)
• COVID-19: Long-term care home surveillance testing and access to homes (April 27, 2022)
• COVID-19 Testing Best Practices and Outbreak Protocols (February 14, 2022) 

PPE Guidance

• COVID-19 Guidance: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Health Care Workers and Health Care Entities (June 10, 2022)
• Interim IPAC Recommendations for Use of Personal Protective Equipment for Care of Individuals with Suspect or Confirmed COVID‑19 (March 2022)
• PPE Supply Portal User Guide and a Quick Reference Guide

Access PPE and Testing Supplies

• Personal protective equipment (PPE) (March 2022)
• Rapid Antigen Test Kit Suppliers (December 2021)
• Staffing and HR-related services (December 2021)
• Innovative Products and Services
• Staffing Companies to Support Rapid Antigen Testing 
• Other essential products and services      
• N95 vs. K95 Comparison Chart
• PPE Use During the Pandemic (Ontario Health)
• How to Make a Mask
• Donning and Doffing PPE (Video)
• Universal Mask Use
• Recommended Steps: Putting on PPE
• Antigen Testing Services Directory (April 14, 2021)
• Associate DM Memo: Vaccination, Testing and PPE Supplies (April 1, 2022)
• Testing and PPE Supplies Reference Sheet (April 1, 2022)
• Fit Testing Resource Supports (April 1, 2022)
• Rapid Antigen Test Auto-Ship Estimates (April 1, 2022)
• AsDM Memo - Supplemental Stockpile Access Program (April 8, 2022)

IPAC Guidance

• COVID-19 IPAC Fundamentals Training
• Universal Mask Use in Health Care Settings and Retirement Homes
• IPAC Fundamentals
• IPAC Additional Precautions

• Rapid Antigen Testing FAQs (Feb. 9, 2021)
  

COVID-19 Testing Information

• Operational FAQs from Ontario Health (Feb. 17, 2021)
• AsDM Memo: Updates on Vaccines, Antigen Testing and IPAC/PPE (Mar. 8, 2021)
  • AsDM Memo: Updates on Vaccines, Antigen Testing and IPAC/PPE
  • Updated FAQ’s Enhancing Protection for Long-Term Care Homes
    
• Rapid Testing and 3rd Party Oversight (Jan. 27, 2021)
  
  • MLTC Assoc DM Memo
    
  • Rapid Antigen Testing FAQ’s
    
• Testing Adherence Program Information Session Resources (Jan. 19, 2021)
  
  • VOR Usage Process Checklist
    
  • Sample Separate Agreement for LTCH (for security guards or temp help)
    
  • Sample Security Guard Request for Services/Statement of Work template
    
  • Security Guard Master Agreement
    
  • Sample Temporary Help Request for Services/Statement of Work
    
  • Temporary Help Services Master Agreement generic
    

Ontario Health Webinars

• Community of Practice Webinar Resources (Feb. 22, 2021)
  
  • Responses to the unanswered questions from the webinar 
    
  • Data results tracker from OH 
    
  • Consent form used by Maxville Manor 
• Implementing a COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Screening Program (Feb. 5, 2021)
  
  • Slide Deck
    
• Rapid Testing Webinar – How to Enter Data into the Health Data Collection Service (Feb. 3, 2021)
  
  • Recording
    

Resources

• Education Plan for Antigen Testing 
  
• Education Guide for Antigen Testing 
  
• Staff Training Template 
• Declaration – COVID-19 Screening and Testing Oversight
  
• Poster for Staff
  
• Handout for Staff
• Panbio COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing Onboarding Guide
  
• Enhanced LTC Homes Testing Data Collection Training
  
  • Health Data Collection Services: LTCH L9 Form Testing and Antigen Data Collection slide deck 
    
  • LTC Homes Testing Data Collection FAQ
    
  • Enhanced LTC Homes Testing Data Collection Health Data Collection Service Guidance Document 
    
  • LTC Homes Testing Data Collection Data Definitions

Staffing Supports

• Staffing Companies for Rapid Antigen Testing Support