Update #2 - Message from Dr. David Kaplan

Ontario Health (Toronto Region) Primary Care Providers 
Update #2

March 19, 2020

Attachment: MOH - Managing Health worker illness and Return to Work

Dear Colleagues,

Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health issued a new statement regarding “Managing Health Worker Illness and Return to Work COVID-19.” Please read it in its entirety.

I highlight the following: Dr. Williams is “recommending that Health Care Workers who have travelled outside of Canada within the last 14 days self-isolate for a period of 14 days starting from their arrival in Ontario. Health Care Workers should not attend work if they are sick. If there are particular workers who are deemed critical, by all parties, to continued operations, I recommend that these workers undergo regular screening, use appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the 14 days and undertake active self- monitoring, including taking their temperature twice daily to monitor for fever, and immediately self- isolate if symptoms develop and self-identify to their occupational health and safety department.

A reminder to please complete this survey for practices experiencing a CRITICAL SHORTAGE of Personal Protective Equipment. We hope to support these practices to remain open during this public health crisis. Thank-you to everyone who are already completed it.

Please complete the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZJFMB29

Warm Regards,

David M. Kaplan MD, MSc, CCFP, FCFP

Chief, Clinical Quality

Ontario Health (Quality)

Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine

North York General Hospital

University of Toronto