First Responders
Alerts – Emerging Diseases
Public Health Ontario’s home page includes “Hot Topics” which reviews in detail the current information on circulating or emerging diseases.
- Monkeypox
- Public Health Ontario
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
5-Step Quick Reference Post Exposure Prophylaxis Guide
This document provides guidance to health care workers who may need to assess and manage possible exposures to blood or body fluids that are capable of transmitting Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Exposed individuals may include health care workers or emergency service providers, who in the course of their duties accidentally sustain an injury which could mean a potential exposure.
Infection Prevention and Control Resource
Emergency Service Workers (paramedics, fire fighters and police officers) may in the course of their duties be exposed to communicable diseases. This resource educates Emergency Service Workers about how transmission occurs and the risk of occupational exposure; encourages adopting practices and procedures to protect themselves and provides information about the notification process.