Primary Health Care Professionals

The following types of materials are available within this web portal to support primary care practice as it relates to public health issues.

• Practice Guidelines
• Training Tools (e.g. Immunization CMEs, Brief Health Counselling for Healthy Lifestyles)
• Health Faxes (important notices on communicable disease, vaccine and other issues)
  
• Classes, Clinics and other HU servicesfor patient access
• Report/Order Forms (for vaccines, communicable disease and rabies exposure)
• Patient resources/health information (web accessible)
  (Follow the left navigation flyouts to access)
  

For specific inquiries or reporting please contact health unit staff at (705) 721-7520 or 1-877-721-7520 and use one of the following lines dedicated for health care professionals:

• Communicable disease reporting or inquiries – ext. 8809
• Sexual health inquiries or STI reporting – ext. 7362

• Vaccine preventable related inquiries, storage and handling issues or adverse events reporting – ext. 8806. For vaccine orders please call ext. 8808

• Medical Officers of Health Office – ext. 7253 or 7769 (for Dr. Gardner, Dr. Simon, Dr. Pfaff, Dr. Surry)
• After-hours emergencies, including disease outbreak notification, chemical spills or other major public health incidents should be directed to the staff on call at
  1-888-225-7851.

Travel advice

The health unit no longer provides information about travel vaccines, or counseling about travel to other countries. However you may direct your patient to the following websites that they can use to determine what vaccines they may need and where to obtain the vaccines.

• Travel Health Online By registering, users can search a database of current information on disease, civil unrest, crime and other risks around the world.
• Travel Medicine Clinic locations A list of travel clinics is maintained by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

For other inquiries please contact Your Health Connection at (705) 721-7520 or 1-877-721-7520.