COVID-19 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Alberta Health Services has asked the ACFP to support regular updates to family physicians in Alberta regarding the outbreak of COVID-19. The ACFP along with Alberta Health Services (AHS), Alberta Medical Association (AMA), Primary Care Networks (PCNs), and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) continue to share the latest information through our communication channels as it becomes available. Most channels will direct you to the same one-stop resource on the AHS website at ahs.ca/covidPHC.
FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM
Guidance, Tools, and Patient Self-Reporting
Navigating COVID: Adults and children
This online Red-Amber-Green (RAG) tool is designed to help Albertans determine the care they need based on their symptoms and other contributing factors.
COVID-19 Guidance for Community Providers
Document highlights include a clinical pathway, risk assessment and testing in a COVID-19 Omicron Environment. As well as management of people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 positive results for Community Providers assessing and treating patients with respiratory symptoms.
Patient Self-reporting Positive Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) to Family Physician
Family physicians are being asked by patients how to record their positive COVID tests. This is a current challenge within our system, but this patient self-report tool may be useful in having some documentation for patients to share their results with their family physician.
North Zone Primary Care COVID-19 RAT Reporting and Intake Form
If appropriate, The North Zone COVID-19 Response Team will contact you. Contact will be attempted between the hours of 8:30 am to 10:00 pm Monday to Friday, and 10 am to 4 pm Saturday and Sunday. The North Zone COVID-19 Response Team will assess your individual situation and, if appropriate, provide you with support and resources.
Simplified Guidance for Clinic Staff Handling Calls
The simplified guidance provides advice for frontline clinic staff in managing common questions about testing and navigating COVID.
Provincial Pathways
COVID CME & PD Offerings
COVID-19 vaccination in Canada: an educational series for primary care professionals, OCFP & University of Toronto
Free COVID-19 Learning Series, CFPCLearn
Looking for more? Click the calendar to find COVID-19 related educational opportunities and how to access past events.
FAQs
- COVID-19 Immunization FAQs, AHS
- COVID-19 Mandatory Immunization FAQ, AHS
- Immunization of Workers for COVID-19 Policy, AHS
- Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) and Exposure FAQs, AHS
- Patient Care & Testing FAQs, AHS
- Vaccination FAQ, CMPA
Triage Protocol
- Navigating triage protocols amid COVID-19, CMPA
- Critical Care Triage Protocol, Strategic Clinical Networks (SCN)
Immunization Resources
- Vaccination Hesitancy Guide, University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy
- Be a Vaccine Positive Clinic Toolkit, AMA
- Immunization Resources for Health Professionals, AHS
- COVID-19 Info for Albertans, Government of Alberta
- Guidance for the Management of Symptomatic Persons who have Received a Viral Vector COVID-19 Vaccine, AHS
Immunization in Pregnancy
Treatment Options with Monoclonals
Pediatric Immunization Resources
- COVID-19 Immunization for Children Under 12, AHS
- COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines for Children FAQ, University of Waterloo
- Now or Wait? COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines for Children, University of Waterloo
- The Benefits of Vaccinating Children, University of Waterloo
Post-COVID Resources
Tools for Practice – “COVID-19 Rapid Reviews”
#256 Hydrochloroquine With or Without Azithromycin for COVID-19
#257 A Rushed Introduction to an Uninvited Guest
#258 Stealth Style Transmission? Covert data on COVID-19
#259Unmasking the evidence around masks for healthcare workers
#260 Are there tools to help assess dyspnea virtually?
#261 Antivirals for COVID-19
#263 Finding COVID – How Good is the Test to Detect it?
#264 From theory to reality: ACEi, ARB, and COVID-19
#267 Serology, Serology: How Accurate and Prevalent Art Thou?
#280 COVID Vax Fast Facts: Say That 10 Times Fast
#283 COVID-19 and Vitamin D: Partners in Crime, or Simply Associates?
#286 Vaccine hesitancy in the office: What can I do?
#292 COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Events
#294 Real World Evidence for COVID-19 Vaccines
#297 Opening a can of helminths: Ivermectin for COVID-19
#298 Long COVID: A (somewhat) short summary of risks, symptoms, and natural course
#303 CO KID: Covid vaccine for kids
#304 Budesonide Bests COVID-19
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