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SARS - Spring 2003 The York Region Experience

SARS - Spring 2003 The York Region Experience. Siobhan Kearns Manager, Environment & Health Protection Division City of Ottawa. September 29, 2007. York Region. Second largest epicentre in Canada Population of 900,000 Hundreds of people fell sick Thousands quarantined.

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SARS - Spring 2003 The York Region Experience

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  1. SARS - Spring 2003The York Region Experience Siobhan Kearns Manager, Environment & Health Protection Division City of Ottawa September 29, 2007

  2. York Region • Second largest epicentre in Canada • Population of 900,000 • Hundreds of people fell sick • Thousands quarantined

  3. The Role of the Environmental Health Division (Public Health Inspectors) in York Region throughout SARS

  4. Role • Management role in the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC). • PHIs followed up with quarantines. • Managed Infection Control issues at the SARS triage clinic and at all Institutional settings. • Inspected York Central Hospital to facilitate its' reopening.

  5. EOC • Staffing of the EOC 24/7 • Physicians, PHIs, Paramedics, PHNs • Management of quarantined individuals • Delivery of Orders issued by MOH • Coordination of hospital/long term care transfers • Dissemination of information from MOHLTC

  6. Quarantines • PHNs followed up with case management • PHIs would check on individuals not answering the telephone

  7. Infection Control • PHIs developed guidelines for infection control practices and inspected: • SARS triage facility • Long term care facilities • Retirement homes • Hospitals

  8. York Central Hospital • PHIs were involved in the inspection of York Central Hospital to facilitate it’s reopening

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