Welcome to the Northwest Territories’ Resource page for the Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Tools and strategies for front-line clinicians online course. This course helps clinicians prepare for, detect and respond to notifiable, emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases. It identifies best practices on how clinicians, public health, and laboratory professionals can work together to address infectious disease outbreaks effectively and efficiently.
The course describes best practices by way of four case studies, and links back to each province and territory so that front-line clinicians may find specific information for their region. This resource page is designed to provide Northwest Territories specific information all in one place, such as how to contact your local Medical Officer of Health.
This course was developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Public Health Association and Memorial University, and is approved by the Public Health Network Council. This CME course is accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. You can access the course by visiting: http://www.publichealth.gc.ca/outbreaks-course.
- General Outline of the basic reporting duties of physicians
- Notifiable Diseases
- Contacting your Medical Health Officer
- Contacting First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Regional Medical Officer of Health
- Taking and sending a viral swab to the lab
- Sending a viral swab from a remote or isolated area
- How your local Medical Health Officer communicates information to clinicians
- How the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Regional Medical Officer communicates with FNIHB clinical staff
- GNWT Pandemic Contingency Plan
- NWT Public Information Line
- Public Information Lines for First Nations and Inuit Health Branch staff
- Additional Resources
General Outline of the basic reporting duties of physicians
Here is a general outline of the basic reporting duties of physicians as per the public health and communicable disease legislation:
- Disease Registries Act
- Public Health Act
- Basic Reporting Duties of Physicians
- Notification and treatment (Section 4 (1))
- Reportable disease (Section 3)
- Reportable test (Sections 5 & 6)
- Medical Health Officer May Compel Assistance (Section 16 (1)(2))
Contacting your Medical Health Officer
Contacting First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Regional Medical Officer of Health
- First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Regional Medical Health Officer Contact Information
Taking and sending a viral swab to the lab
Sending a viral swab from a remote or isolated area
- Stanton Territorial Health Authority - Laboratory
- Referral Testing
How your local Medical Health Officer communicates information to clinicians
- All cases are handled on an individual basis. For more information, please contact the Office of the Chief Medical Health Officer.
How the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Regional Medical Officer communicates with FNIHB clinical staff
- First Nations and Inuit Health
GNWT Pandemic Contingency Plan
Public Information Lines for First Nations and Inuit Health Branch staff
- First Nations and Inuit Health
