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Viral Respiratory Illness Toolkit: Long-Term Care Facility Guide
This page contains resources for managing Viral Respiratory Illness (VRI) in your facility. Please review the resources below for the upcoming respiratory illness season. Pre-season planning will assist with the control of respiratory outbreaks in your facility.
Getting ready
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Long-Term Care Facility Pre-Season Planning for the Management of VRI
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Outbreak management
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LTC VRI Case and Cluster Containment Toolkit Leadership
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LTC VRI Toolkit Frontline Staff
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Resident and Staff Line List
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Antiviral
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Example of Pre-Printed Orders for use of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu®) During an Influenza Outbreak
Sample
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Staff Influenza Prophylaxis Letter
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BCCDC COVID-19 Care and Treatments
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BCCDC COVID-19 Treatment Assessment Guide for Clinicians
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Health Canada COVID-19 Treatments
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Immunizations
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VCH Quick Reference for Publicly Funded Seasonal Influenza Vaccines
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Influenza COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ
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Vaccine Emergency Plans & Response Documents
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Handling Vaccines - What to do in a power failure
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Adverse Event Following Immunization case report form
For Public Health. Please complete the form and submit it to your local health unit by fax or email.
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Report of Adverse Event Following Immunization
For non-public health professionals reporting AEFI. Please complete the form and submit it to your local health unit by fax or email.
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Map of where to report adverse event following immunization
View the map to find the local health unit to submit the report.
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Long Term Care (LTC) Short Term Orders (Vancouver Influenza Vaccine)
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Covid-19 Vaccine Assessment and Orders Long Term Care (Regional Covid-19 Vaccines)
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Assessment of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Prevnar 13) Immunization Order
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Assessment of Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (23-valent) Vaccine Immunization Order
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Long-term care
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VCH IPAC Outbreaks VRI Long Term Care
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VCH General COVID-19 Information
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LTCF 2024-2025
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LTCF 2023-24
Stay tuned - Public Health VRI Outbreak Prevention Control Presentation
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Contact information
If you have questions, please contact VCH Communicable Disease Control team at (604) 675-3900 Mondays to Fridays, from 8:30am to 5:00pm (excluding stat holidays) or by emailing MHOandCDNurseOnCall@vch.ca