Communicable Disease Prevention and Control

Information for Professionals

• Influenza 2012
  • Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Information for Immunization Providers
  • Guide to Influenza Control - For Long-Term Care Facilities and Adult Residential Centres
  • Influenza Vaccination Program for 2011-2012 - Dr Strang Memo
  • NACI Statement on Seasonal Influenza Vaccine

• Preventing pertussis in infants and young children
• Guidelines for Communicable Disease Prevention and Control for Childcare Programs and Family Home Day Care Agencies
• Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), Sexual Health Facts and Information (Public Health Agency of Canada)
• Canadian TB Guidelines (Public Health Agency of Canada)
• Canadian STI Guidelines (Public Health Agency of Canada)
• It's the Law: Reporting Notifiable Diseases and Conditions
• It's the Law: Reporting Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) Poster
• Keep Vaccine Safe
• Keep Vaccine Safe - sticker
• Nova Scotia Communicable Disease Control Manual - For Public Health Staff NEW
• Physician's Communicable Disease Report Form
• Nova Scotia Immunization Manual
• Nova Scotia Immunization Schedules
  • Routine Childhood Immunization Schedule in NS for Health Professionals
  • Immunization Schedule for Adults
  • Immunization Schedule for Children
  • School Immunization Schedule
  • Tetanus Prophylaxis in Wound Management
• West Nile Virus Response Plan 2009
• Canadian Immunization Guide (Public Health Agency of Canada)
• Immunization Guidelines for Registered Nurses (College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia)
• Tick Borne Diseases Response Plan
• Rabies Response Plan
• First Shots, Best Shot: Childhood Vaccines at Work in Canada - presentation for Immunization Educators

Public Health Webinars

Public Health Management of Rabies
This session focuses on public health management for rabies investigations providing up to date information for the public health practitioner including an overview of the rabies virus, rabies epidemiology, the NACI Guidelines for rabies prophylaxis following bat exposures, and prevention strategies.

Date: June 16, 2010
Length: 1 hour
Presenters:
Teri Cole CDPC Coordinator, HPP
Beverly Billard - Epidemiologist, HPP
Dr. Richard Gould - Medical Officer of Health, DHA 1,2,3

Access instructions:

• Go to http://tinyurl.com/CME-HPP-100616
• Enter your name in the Participant box, hit enter
• Run the Setup wizard if you have never accessed a Wimba conference, to ensure your web browser is configured properly.
• You can then enter the 100616 HPP-Rabies Presentation
• You will need speakers or a headset to hear the presentation.
  

Public Health Management of Vector Borne Diseases
This session focuses on public health management for cases involving vector borne diseases such as Lyme disease, West Nile virus, and Eastern Equine Encephalitis providing up to date information for the public health practitioner including an overview of the diseases and epidemiology, vector borne surveillance initiatives, laboratory testing and prevention strategies for vector borne diseases.

Date: June 29, 2010
Length: 1 hour
Presenters:
Teri Cole CDPC Coordinator, HPP
Jennifer Cutler - Field Epidemiology, PHAc
Dr. David Haldane - Clinical Director Provincial Public Health Laboratory Network

Access instructions:

• Go to http://tinyurl.com/CME-HPP-100629
• Enter your name in the Participant box, hit enter
• Run the Setup wizard if you have never accessed a Wimba conference, to ensure your web browser is configured properly.
• You can then enter the 100616 HPP-Rabies Presentation
• You will need speakers or a headset to hear the presentation.

CDPC Conference Presentations

• A Decade of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Nova Scotia
• Blood Borne Pathogens – Surveillance
• Climate Change, and Health
• Drinking Water
• Health Protection Act (HPA)
• Lyme, HBV, HCV, WNV Diagnostic Test Interpretation
• Nationally Notifiable Diseases: Case Definitions 2008
• Outbreak Investigation – From Theory to Reality
• Outbreak Summaries
• Pandemic Planning
• Preparing for a Changing Climate: Adaptation in the Health Sector
• Specimen Collecting & The Lab
• Standards for Blood Borne Pathogens Prevention Services in Nova Scotia
• Tuberculosis –  The Basics
• Why I love working in public health ... and notifiable diseases in Nova Scotia