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Welcome to Infectious Diseases:
Prevention & Control & Outbreak
Management
Health Unit Services
Who are we?
We are a team of public health nurses working in the Department of
Clinical Services and public health inspectors working in the Department
of Health Protection.
We are members of local, regional, provincial and national organizations
in infection control.
Background
Infectious diseases are an important cause of sickness and death in the
community.
Infectious diseases represent constant new challenges to public health
as new organisms emerge as causes of disease. Today, we as professionals
are more knowledgeable about how infections are spread and can be
prevented.
The team works with community partners in infection control such as
long-term care facilities, hospitals, day cares, schools and the public.
The control of infectious diseases programming is the responsibility
of the Department of Clinical Services and Department of Health
Protection.
The goals of these programs are:
- To reduce the incidence of infectious diseases of public health
importance
- To provide or respond to large scale epidemics and outbreaks of
infectious disease
- To maintain an influenza pandemic plan for the tri-county
- To plan for the management of West Nile virus in humans
- To reduce the incidence of tuberculosis in Leeds, Grenville and
Lanark
Some of our primary responsibilities include:
- Providing education programs for health care professionals
- Responding to outbreaks in the community and institutions
- Managing cases and contacts of infectious diseases
- Providing follow-up for latent and infectious Tuberculosis
- Raising awareness about
- Tuberculosis
- Influenza
- Pandemic Influenza
- Bioterrorism Agents
- MRSA,VRE
- Infection Control
The Department of Clinical Services has authority under the Health
Protection and Promotion Act to deal with infectious diseases, including
Tuberculosis.
For more information on the
Health Protection and Promotion Act
and Ontarios Mandatory Core Programs, click on the title name.
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