Meeting Date: November 6, 2019
Report No.: BH.01.NOV0619.C20
Prepared By: Janice Walters, Manager, Control of Infectious Diseases;, Jessica Morris, Manager, Rabies Program; and, Shawn Zentner, Manager VBD Program.
Approved By: Christopher Beveridge, Director, Health Protection
Submitted By: Dr. Nicola J. Mercer, MD, MBA, MPH, FRCPC, Medical Officer of Health & CEO
Key Points
- Health Protection programs conduct annual inspections and disease investigations.
- Inspection reports are publicly available on the Check Before You Choose website.
- All infection control lapse reports are publicly posted on the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) website.
Program Requirements
Compliance with OPHS and Accountability Indicators:
✓ In compliance
Program Indicators:
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Infectious and Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Indicators |
2019 Q1-Q3 |
Comment |
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Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
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# of Reportable disease Investigated |
Enteric: 291 Respiratory: 96 Vector borne: 35 |
Includes suspect, probable, physician diagnosed, lab-confirmed |
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# Public Health Advisories Issued |
Physicians: 4 School/Child Care: 112 Community: 2 |
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# Facility Outbreaks |
Enteric: 15 Respiratory: 78 |
1 suspect 18/78 suspect |
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# of IPAC education presentation # Reprocessing education workshops held # of Reprocessing workshop Participants |
18 3
109 |
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# Personal Service Setting (PSS) Inspections # Child Care Inspections |
341 / 430 78 / 132 |
Inspected once per year |
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# PSS IPAC Complaint Inspections # Health Care IPAC Complaint Inspections # IHF IPAC Complaint Inspections # Other IPAC Community Complaint Inspections Total IPAC Complaint Inspections # and type of IPAC lapse by sector |
9 6
1 5
21 1 |
Physician office |
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Tuberculosis Program |
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# TB Clinics Held # TB Clients # New TB Prescriptions # of New clients on medical surveillance # clients Direct Observed Therapy |
7 47 Active: 6 Latent 19 64 9 |
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| Vector Borne Disease Program | ||
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# WNV positive mosquito pools # catch basis treated # standing water complaints # ticks submitted # Blacklegged ticks identified # tick workshops held |
0 25,761 8 300 117 4 |
Mosquito control programs have ended for this year |
| Rabies Program | ||
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# of potential rabies exposures investigated / year # of animals submitted for rabies testing # of persons given rabies post-exposure treatment # of low-cost rabies clinics delivered #of animals vaccinated |
703
72
98
3 240 |
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Highlights
WDGPH continues to provide education, training and resources to regulated health professionals on infection control best practices and reprocessing requirements.
The number of new Tuberculosis cases reported, to date, for 2019 is within the expected range.
Rabies continues to be a disease of public health significance and success has been achieved by maintaining a low percentage of animal exposure victims who required post-exposure rabies prophylaxis, through risk assessment and consultations with healthcare professionals.
