Peel Public Health - Health Professionals Updates

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2008

December 2008	2008 Holiday Vaccine Ordering and Pick-up Schedule (86 KB, 2 pages) Mumps reporting and testing First influenza cases this season in Peel NEW: Mumps Catch-Up Program for Post-secondary Students (77, 2 pages) Reminder: Eligibility Criteria for Menactra™ Smoke-Free Car Legislation
November 2008	Influenza Immunization Update (77 KB, 1 page) Vaccine Pick-up and Transport Vaccine Pick-up Temporary Schedule Changes at Millway Site
September 2008	NEW! Fall 2008 Update: Accelerated Immunization Screening Strategy (70 KB, 2 page) New Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections Increase in Legionellosis in Peel (70 KB, 2 page) Listeriosis update
August 2008	Increased Number of Listeriosis Outbreaks in Ontario (74 KB, 1 page) Health Hazard Alert Issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Mumps Outbreak in Oxford County (64 KB, 1 page) Clinical Presentation of Mumps Return of Influenza Vaccine from 2007/08 Season Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) 2008 West Nile Virus Update (64 KB, 2 pages) Peel WNV results for 2007 and 2008 to date When to Include WNV in a Differential Diagnosis Diagnostic Testing of Acute Cases Diagnostic Testing for Immunity
July 2008	Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Publicly Funded Vaccination Program: Timeframe for Eligibility Extended (67KB, 1 page) HPV Community Clinics HPV Community Clinics Dates
May 2008	The Vaccine Order Desk is Closed on Tuesday May 27, 2008 (72KB, 1 page) Vaccine Storage and Handling Reminders Measles Update for Physicians (60KB, 1 page) Measles Update for Physicians – confirmed case in Peel (74KB, 2 pages) Laboratory Diagnosis Reporting Cases to Peel Public Health Measles Fact Sheet 2008 (38KB, 1 page) 2007 Canadian TB Standards, 6^th Edition (PDF 71KB, 1 page) Role of the Physician in TB Management New and Improved TB Reporting Forms Tuberculosis Assessment Referral Form (PDF 113KB, 1 page) Reporting Positive Skin Test and TB Drug Order
April 2008	National Immunization Awareness Week (PDF 64KB, 1 page) HPV Community Clinics Winter-Spring 2008 Immunization Record Screening Update Measles Update - April 11, 2008 (PDF 72KB, 2 pages) What Can Peel Physicians Do? Laboratory Diagnosis of Measles Measles Update (PDF 64KB, 2 pages) What Can Peel Physicians Do? Laboratory Diagnosis of Measles
March 2008	Alert: Confirmed Adult Case of Measles — Possible Exposure in the Region of Peel (PDF 64KB, 1 page) Review: Clinical Features of Measles Updates to the Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections 2006 (PDF 78KB, 2 pages) Recognizing Acute HIV Infection
February 2008	Update on Student Immunization Records Screening (PDF 74KB, 1 page) Fall 2007 screening update; Winter-Spring 2008 screening; meeting immunization records for school Public Health Follow-up for Reportable STIs (PDF 71KB, 2 pages) Healthy Sexuality Clinics and Services provided to Physician Offices