Past eNewsletters

In this issue:

Updates

• Legionellosis
• Pentacel Vaccine – Reconstitution Reminder
• Pneumococcal High Risk Pediatric Program Enhancement

Advocacy, Education and Collaborative Opportunities:

• Creating Safe Connections: Towards Equity-Informed Preventative Care

New/Updated Resources:

• Ministry of Health Updated Seasonal Respiratory Pathogen Guide Version 2.0

Alert - Community Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak

In this issue:

Updates:

• Supporting Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) in Community Healthcare Settings
• Summer Vaccine Fridge (Cold Chain) Inspections
• RSV Vaccine
• COVID-19 Vaccine
• Extreme Weather and Air Quality

New/Updated Resources:

• Centre for Healthy Screen Use at the Canadian Paediatric Society

In this issue:

Updates:

• CMOH Update - Measles Outbreak Preparedness and Response

Advocacy, Education and Collaborative Opportunities:

• Sexually Transmitted Infections in Family Practice – CME webinar

New/Updated Resources:

• Concussion Incidence in Ontario

In this issue:

Updates:

• Vaccine Returns - Reminder
• COVID-19 Spring Dose Update – 2025
• 2025/2026 Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP)
• The Community Health Status Resource – Immunization Feature

Advocacy, Education and Collaborative Opportunities:

• 5-Minute Survey to Improve Newborn Screening in Ontario

In this issue: 

Alerts

• Accelerated Vaccine Schedule Due to Ongoing Measles Outbreak in Southwestern Ontario

Updates

• Cervical Screening Guidelines

New/Updated Resources

• Smoking Cessation Resources - available through the Public Health Ordering System
• MLHU Catalogue of Publications - Subscribe Now

In this issue:

Updates

• IPV Vaccine (Inactivated Polio) Available for Order
• Beyfortus (monoclonal antibody RSV product for infants and high-risk children)
• Online Prenatal Education
• Alcohol and Cancer

Advocacy, Education and Collaborative Opportunities:

• Research Survey About Cannabis

In this issue:

Updates

• 2025 Spring COVID-19 Vaccine
• Spring Dose Eligibility
• Frequently Asked Questions
• RSV
• High-Risk Older Adult RSV Vaccine Program
• Infant and High-Risk Children RSV Prevention Program
• IPV Vaccine Shortage Continues
• Thank You to All Healthcare Providers – National Immunization Awareness Week

New/Updated Resources:

• MLHU Introduces Robo Calls to Notify Residents of Exposures to Infectious Diseases

Healthcare Provider Outreach:

• On an “as needed” basis

In this issue:

Alerts

• Measles Cases in the Middlesex-London Region

Updates

• IPV Vaccine Shortage
• Rabies Control Program – Duty to Report

New/Updated Resources

• Postcard- Is your child up-to date with their immunizations?

Healthcare Provider Outreach

• On an “as needed” basis

Notice - Rabies Control Program - Duty to Report

In this issue:

Alerts

• Measles Case in Middlesex-London

Updates

• A New Look for the eNewsletter
• Resurgence of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Duty to Report

Advocacy, Education and Collaborative Opportunities:

• PHO Rounds Candida auris presentation

New/Updated Resources:

• Poster - Is your child up-to date with their immunizations?

Healthcare Provider Outreach:

• Tuesday, March 18, 2025 @ 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates

• Measles
• Current Context
• Precautions
• Testing
• Reporting
• Vaccination
• Vaccine Dose Eligibility
• Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
• Immunization of Individuals with Missing Immunization Records
• Resources

Healthcare Provider Outreach

• Healthcare Provider Webinars
• Tuesday, March 18, 2025 @12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates

• Measles
• Candida Auris (C. auris)
• Nurse-Family Partnership ® (NFP)

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• Wednesday, February 19, 2025 - Donna Kosmack, Manager, Oral Health and Clinical Support Services will join Dr. Joanne Kearon to speak about available programs including FREE Dental Care for low-income seniors and for children from low-income families under 18 years of age.

In this issue: 

Updates

• Multiple Exposures to Confirmed Measles Cases
• Gonorrhea Guidance Update
• Smart Start for Babies

Advocacy, Education and Collaborative Opportunities

• PHO Rounds Candida auris: A New Disease of Public Health Significance (DOPHS)

New/Updated Resources

• PHO: Prevention and Management of Avian Influenza in Health Care Settings

• Wednesday, February 19, 2025 - Donna Kosmack, Manager, Oral Health and Clinical Support Services will join Dr. Joanne Kearon to provide a dental services update.

In this issue:

Updates:

• COVID-19
• Test-to-Treat Eligibility
• Immunization Related School Suspensions
• Letters sent out to students
• What does it mean for your practice?
• Unusual Increase in Poliovirus Detections: Multiple Countries

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - CANCELLED
• Wednesday, February 19, 2025
• Guest Speaker-Donna Kosmack, Manager, Oral Health and Clinical Support Services

In this issue:

Updates:

• Middlesex-London Health Unit’s Holiday Hours
• Vaccine Ordering and Distribution
• RSV Update
• Spread the Word: Free Preventative Dental Services for Children from Low-Income Families
• Amendment - Link to Reportable Disease Form
• Pertussis In Ontario
• Public Health Ordering System (PHOS) For Resources

• Public Health Ontario Best Practices for the Prevention of Acute Respiratory Infection Transmission in All Health Care Settings October 2024 (First Revision: December 2024)

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• January 21, 2025 @ 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates:

• Measles Case in Southwestern Ontario - Amendment to reporting form link
• First Human Case of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in Canada
• Free Dental Care for Eligible Seniors in Our Community
• Public Health Ordering System (PHOS) for Resources

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• December 3, 2024 – The PHOS System for Resources

In this issue:

Updates:

• COVID-19 Vaccine Reminders
• Beyfortus / Nirsevimab RSV Product for Infants
• High Dose Influenza Vaccine - Individuals 65 years of Age and Older
• Mycoplasma Pneumoniae - Increased Activity in Ontario
• Congenital Syphilis
• Public Health Ordering System (PHOS) For Resources

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• November 19, 2024
• December 3, 2024

In this issue:

Updates:

• Respiratory Season Vaccines
• Vaccine pick-up
• Syphilis
• The MLHU Resource Binder is now online – Sign up today!

Advocacy, Education and Collaborative Opportunities:

• HIV Education Series for Primary Care Clinicians

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• November 19, 2024, at 12:15 p.m.
• December 3, 2024, at 12:15 p.m. – PHOS Demonstration for Resources

In this issue:

Updates:

• Influenza Vaccine
• COVID-19 Vaccine
• How to Contact the VPD Team at MLHU with Questions
• RSV Protection for Infants and High-Risk Children

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• October 16, 2024, 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates:

• Ontario’s 2024-2025 Universal Influenza Immunization Program
• Vaccine Supply and Ordering
• Program Timelines and Vaccine Prioritization
• Influenza Vaccine at Pharmacies
• Co-administration of Respiratory Vaccines
• Adverse Events Following Immunizations
• Questions
• Resources for Healthcare Providers
• End to Program Extensions for Missed Vaccine Doses
• 2024-2025 Grade 7 Immunization Program
• Vaccine Ordering and Reporting for Healthcare Providers
• Questions
• Legionellosis Prevention and Outbreaks
• Declining Breastfeeding Rates

Advocacy, Education and Collaborative Opportunities

• CME Webinar: Inclusive Sexual Health Care

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• October 16, 2024, at 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates

• Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccine Ordering
• Request for Support: Rabies Vaccine for Post-exposure Prophylaxis
• RSV Protection for Infants

Advocacy, Education, and Collaborative Opportunities

• Public Health Ontario – PHO Rounds: Respiratory Season 2024-25: Surveillance & Testing

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• September 17, 2024

Rabies Case in Ontario

The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health was alerted to a case of clinical rabies in Ontario earlier this week and has issued a memo to all hospitals and primary care providers in Ontario. Brant County Health Unit has issued the following announcement: Brant County Health Unit Confirms Rabies Case in Brantford-Brant Resident - Brant County Health Unit (bchu.org)

In this issue:

Updates

• Important Information regarding Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV Vaccines
• Vaccine Distribution
• Important Considerations
• RSV Eligibility Criteria
• RSV Vaccine for Pregnant Individuals
• Pneumococcal Vaccine Reminders
• Vaccine Products and Packaging
• First locally acquired human case of West Nile Virus (WNV)
• Mpox

Advocacy, Education and Collaborative Opportunities

• Black Health Collaborative

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• Resume September 17th

In this issue:

Updates

• Changes to COVID-19 Reporting Requirements
• Tick with Anaplasma Phagocytophilum Bacteria Identified
• Increased Pertussis Rates Across the Province
• Correction – Legionella – Respiratory - PCR and Culture Testing Link
• Vaccine Update – DTaP-IPV-Hib Vaccine Product
• Vaccine Reminder – Prevnar-13 and Pneumovax - 23 Returns
• Fall Vaccine Information

New/Updated Resources

• IPAC Resource for Clinical Practice

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• Resume on September 19th

Alert

Community Legionella Outbreak

The Middlesex-London Health Unit has declared a community Legionella outbreak. We ask that health care providers please consider legionellosis on the differential when investigating lower respiratory tract symptoms, and that when suspected, testing for legionellosis is completed.

Testing for legionellosis

Reporting to Public Health

In this issue:

Updates:

• Pneumococcal Vaccine Program
• For more information from the Chief Medical Officer of Health, click here.
• Summer 2024 Cold Chain Inspections
• Increasing Toxicity of Unregulated Drug Supply in Ontario

New/Updated Resources

• Extreme Heat Events

In this issue:

Updates:

• Open Newsletter in Browser View
• A Focus on Sexual Health
• Case and Contact Management for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections
• Treatment of Gonorrhea
• Testing and Treatment Resources
• First Human Case of Lyme Disease- Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases
• Updates to Guide the Management of Body Fluid Exposures

Healthcare Provider Webinar:

• June 18, 2024  at 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates:

• Newsletter Platform – Use of Browser View
• COVID-19 Antiviral Therapy: Updated clinical recommendations and changes to Paxlovid funding
• Middlesex-London Health Unit’s Respiratory Surveillance Report (“the Dashboard”)
• Correction - Vaccine Returns to Strathroy Site

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• June 18, 2024 at 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates:

• Vaccine Returns
• Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) Invalidations
• Vaccine Reminders
• Vaccine Ordering Information
• Information about Extreme Heat and Heat-related Illnesses

New/Updated Resources:

• Primary Care Hotline

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• May 22,2024 at 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Update:

• Polio vaccine recommendations for children previously immunized with oral polio vaccine (OPV)

New/Updated Resources:

• Outbreak Control Measures in Congregate Living Settings

Healthcare Provider Webinars:

• New start time of 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

Updates

• Avian Influenza Surveillance in Hospitalized Patients

New/Updated Resources

• Vaccine Resources

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• New start time of 12:15 p.m. beginning April 16th

RABIES CONTROL PROGRAM – DUTY TO REPORT

To: Physicians
Registered Nurses in the Extended Class

Date: March 27, 2024

Re: Duty to Report Animal Bite/Animal Contact

This letter is being sent in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Rabies Prevention and Control Protocol. It is your notification and reminder to report animal bites and/or other animal contact incidents to the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) Rabies Prevention and Control Program. Reporting incidents is mandated under regulation 557 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act. Attached you will find the required paperwork which is to be completed and forwarded to the MLHU Rabies Fax Line (519-663-0107) or emailed to zzFax.RabiesLine@mlhu.on.ca whenever an animal incident has been reported.

In this issue:

Updates

• Measles Update
• COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Update
• RSV Vaccine
• Vaccine Returns
• Solar Eclipse

New/Updated Resources

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• New start time of 12:15 p.m. beginning April 16th

In this issue:
Updates

• Respiratory Season
• Measles
• Vaccine Update
• New Vaccine Packaging
• Mpox Rates
• Testing for Mpox

New/Updated Resources

• Vaccine Safety Surveillance Resources from Public Health Ontario

Healthcare Provider Webinars

• New start time of 12:15pm beginning April 16th

In this issue:

• Memo for healthcare providers (HCPs)
• Current context
• Recent case in York Region
• Inclusion of measles in differential diagnosis
• Isolation guidelines for suspected cases
• Testing for measles
• Reporting positive cases to public health
• Vaccination

Resources

Healthcare Provider Webinars

In this issue:

Updates:

• Toxic Drug Supply in Ontario
• Immunization Services Available in Health Unit Run Clinics
• Publicly Funded Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Tests
• Offering Vaccines in Your Practice
• RSV Vaccine

New/Updated Resources

• National Suicide Crisis Helpline 9-8-8

Healthcare Provider Webinars

In this issue:

Updates:

• Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease (iGAS) Rates Continue to Rise
• Childhood Vaccination Services in Middlesex-London Area
• Middlesex-London Syphilis Rates Climbing

New/Updated Resources

• Ministry of Health Vaccine Information for Professionals
• Provincial website: Don’t Quit Quitting

Healthcare Provider Webinars