• Infection Prevention and Control Protocol during In-Hospital Code Blue for Adult Patients
  
  
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) recommendation for endotracheal intubation of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients in critical care and emergency departments (BCCDC/Ministry of Health)
  

‎Infection Prevention and Control: Guidance for Acute Health-Care Settings – Updated August 31, 2021

This document provides infection control guidance for health care professionals working in acute care settings including emergency departments, as well as outpatient and ambulatory care units within acute care facilities to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 as well as outlining measures for providing care safely in those settings, including interactions with patients with confirmed COVID-19 or suspected COVID-19 illness.

Overview of Visitors in Acute Care - Updated August 31, 2021

This guidance supports safe, meaningful visits in acute care facilities while adhering to infection prevention and control requirements. It includes practice requirements for all visitors to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission in these facilities.

• Options for Operating Room Configuration and Use When a Patient with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Requires Emergent Surgery
  
  
• Adults: Infection prevention and control protocol for surgical procedures during COVID-19 - Adults - updated May 25, 2021
  
• One page: Guidance Summary of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Protocol for Adult Surgical Procedures During COVID-19 - New May 25, 2021
• Patient handout: COVID-19 and Adult Surgeries: How We Are Keeping You Safe - New August 11, 2021
  
  
• Obstetrical: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Protocol for Obstetrical Procedures During COVID-19 - updated May 25, 2021
  
• One page: Guidance Summary of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Protocol for Obstetrical Surgical Procedures During COVID-19 - New May 25, 2021

• Patient handout: COVID-19 and Obstetric Procedure: How We Are Keeping You Safe - New August 11, 2021
  

  
  
• Pediatrics: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Protocol for Surgical Procedures During COVID-19: Pediatrics - updated May 25, 2021
• One page: Guidance Summary of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Protocol for Pediatric Surgical Procedures During COVID-19 - New May 25, 2021
  
• Patient handout: COVID-19 and Pediatric Procedure: How We Are Keeping Your Child Safe - New August 11, 2021
  

Outbreak Management Protocol for Acute Care, Long-Term Care and Seniors’ Assisted Living Settings - This document provides guidance to prepare for, detect and respond to outbreaks of COVID-19 in acute care, long-term care (LTC) and seniors’ assisted living (AL) settings.

• Guidance for Discontinuing Additional Precautions Related to COVID-19 for Admitted Patients in Acute Care and in High-Risk Outpatient Areas - Updated May 25, 2021
  

• Intubation checklist 
  
  
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) recommendation for endotracheal intubation of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients in critical care and emergency departments (BCCDC/Ministry of Health)
  
  
• Guidelines for intubation of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients
• For Rural Settings: Oxygenation & Intubation Threshold Guidance for Adults with Suspected COVID-19
  
  
• Oxygen therapy and intubation threshold guidance
  

• Emergency Department Procedural Sedation Guidelines during COVID-19 Pandemic for Children and Adults
  

• Approach to Stalled or Late Deteriorating COVID-19 Patient in Hospital
  
• Refer to the full list of treatments for latest guidance on the most current research on the use of therapies in the management of COVID-19.
  

• Clinical guidance on major trauma management during the COVID-19 pandemic