Acute care
Anesthesia
Critical care
- Discontinuing COVID-19 precautions for admitted patients in Acute Care (PDF)
- March 24, cardiac services update (PDF)
- AGMP cheatsheet (PDF)
- Clinical guidelines for patients with respiratory failure, confirmed or suspected COVID-19 (PDF)
- COVID-19 anesthesia guidelines (PDF)
- COVID-19 ICU assisted communication toolkit memo (PDF)
- COVID-19 interim infection prevention and control protocol for surgical procedures requiring intubation (PDF)
- COVID-19 intubation procedure for suspected or confirmed COVID-19 (PDF)
- COVID-19 regional trauma team resuscitation algorithm with guiding principles (PDF)
- Northern Health UHNBC COVID-19 airway management team information (PDF)
- Regional ventilator humidification guidelines (PDF)
- Regional trauma team resuscitation algorithm with guiding principles (PDF)
- Surgical patient assessment form (PDF)
- Transitioning from nebulizer to MDI treatment (PDF)
- UHNBC COVID-19 airway team activation protocol (PDF)
- WHO’s clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when COVID-19 is suspected
Emergency medicine
- COVID-19 emergency department regional response algorithm (PDF)
- WHO’s clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when COVID-19 is suspected
General practice
- Infection prevention and control for coronavirus disease (Covid-19): Interim guidance for acute healthcare settings
- Q & A: Asymptomatic testing (PDF)
- WHO’s clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when COVID-19 is suspected
Kidney care
Obstetrics
- Adapting maternity practices during COVID-19 (PDF)
- COVID-19 antenatal visits (PDF)
- COVID-19 clinical guidance for pregnancy and newborns (PDF)
- COVID-19 in pregnancy/birth – acute care maternity clinical guidance (PDF)
- COVID-19 in pregnancy, birth and postpartum - clinical guidance (PDF)
- COVID-19 new IPC guidance for surgical and obstetrical (PDF)
- COVID-19 updated NH code blue algorithm and activation guideline to include pregnant patient in effect (PDF)
- Entonox use in labour and delivery (PDF)
- Perinatal and neonatal specialty education guidance during COVID-19 (PDF)
Oncology
Pediatrics
- COVID-19 pediatric guidance (PDF)
- Information on COVID-19 in children, infection prevention and control, diagnosis and treatment options
- Pediatrics update - July 16 (PDF)
- Updated guidelines: COVID-19 in children
Order sets
- COVID-19 adult admissions order for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 (PDF)
- COVID-19 intensive care admission orders (PDF)
- Critically ill Tocilizumab infusion order set (COVID-19 only) (PDF)
- COVID-19 ER lab investigations order set (PDF)
- COVID-19 nebule to MDI order set (PDF)
- Critically ill baricitinib order set (COVID-19 only) (PDF)
Treatment
- BC CTC guidance for Vaccine-induced Immune thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) (PDF)
- Therapeutic Anticoagulation for Severely Ill COVID-19 patients (PDF)
- Treatments for non-hospitalized COVID-19 (PDF)
- Memo - Tocilizumab injection for COVID-19 updated dosing recommendations (PDF)
- Remdesivir review and advisory working group executive summary (PDF)
- CON Clinic in-person consultations - pandemic recovery phase (PDF)
- COVID-19 patient's own medication (PDF)
- COVID-19 patient handout (PDF)
- NH COVID-19 therapeutic guidelines for adults (PDF)
- Q & A: Asymptomatic testing (PDF)
- Risk stratification tool to guide level of care for adult patients with COVID-19 (PDF)
- Baricitinib oral tablets for critically ill COVID-19 patients (PDF)
- Baricitinib in COVID-19 evidence summary (PDF)
Testing
- COVID-19 Repeat testing when new symptoms arise, previous positive (PDF)
- COVID-19 non-test-based strategy memo (PDF)
- COVID-19 non-test-based strategy for determining communicable period (PDF)
- PCH COVID-19 - new testing site (PDF)
- COVID-19 flu testing guidelines (PDF)
- COVID-19 in-house testing update (PDF)
- COVID-19 in-house testing (PDF)
- COVID-19 in-house testing restrictions (PDF)
- COVID-19 in-house testing restrictions update (PDF)
- COVID-19 in-house testing restrictions update (May 12) (PDF)
- COVID-19 Q&A asymptomatic testing (PDF)
- COVID-19 case and contact management (PDF)
- COVID-19 report probable causes (PDF)
- COVID-19 specimen collection and testing (PDF)
- COVID-19 testing guidelines update (PDF)
- COVID-19 testing memo (April 27) (PDF)
- COVID-19 testing residents of Quebec (PDF)
- COVID-19 updated testing guidance for clinicians (PDF)
- Management of COVID-19 test results (PDF)
Ethical guidance
- COVID-19 duty to care (PDF)
- COVID-19 ethical decision support (PDF)
- COVID-19 ethical framework (PDF)
- COVID-19 PPE ethical guidance (PDF)
- Long-term care to acute care transfers - non-beneficial treatment (PDF)
- Responding to suspected COVID-19 for residents in shared rooms (PDF)
- Visitation restrictions in long-term care (PDF)
Lab and imaging
- COVID-19 missing abnormal flag on "detected" COVID-19 results (PDF)
- Respiratory testing addition: BioFire® Array (PDF)
- Medical imaging and laboratory services backlog (PDF)
- COVID-19 inpatient echocardiogram for confirmed or suspected cases (PDF)
- COVID-19 medical imaging services update: March 20, 2020 (PDF)
- COVID-19 medical imaging update 2 (PDF)
- COVID-19 overwrapping and sealing of blood products (PDF)
- COVID-19 restart of non-urgent cardiac services (PDF)
- COVID-19 restart of non-urgent medical imaging services (PDF)
- COVID-19 sample collecting guidelines (PDF)
- COVID-19 temporary suspension of oximetry testing (PDF)
- Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) collection resumption (PDF)
- In-house testing update - critical reagent level (PDF)
- Outpatient hepatitis C testing resumes (PDF)
Response guidelines
- UPDATE: COVID-19 outbreak at St Paul's Hospital cardiac unit - patient transfer information (PDF)
- COVID-19 outbreak at St Paul's Hospital cardiac unit - patient transfer information (PDF)
- Clinical response guidelines for COVID-19 for outpatient settings (PDF)
- Clinical response guidelines for COVID-19 for in-home visits and in-home care provision (PDF)
- Clinical response guidelines for COVID-19 for community based services (PDF)
- Clinical response guidelines for COVID-19 for NH outpatient collection sites (PDF)
- Clinical response guidelines for COVID-19 for site preparation checklist (PDF)
- COVID-19 autopsies on confirmed or suspected cases (PDF)
- COVID-19 clinical response guidelines for outpatient collection sites (PDF)
- COVID-19 code blue guidelines (PDF)
- COVID-19 emergency department readiness (PDF)
- COVID-19 safe handling of bodies of deceased persons (PDF)
- COVID-19 transport referral pathways (PDF)
- COVID-19 transfer algorithm (PDF)
- NH Regional transport response team memo (PDF)
- Guideline for COVID-19 Outbreak Prevention and Management in Northern Health Facilities ( PDF)
- Non-essential escorts during aeromedical transport (PDF)
- Transfer of low acuity suspected COVID-19 admitted patients to UHNBC (PDF)
Vaccinations
- COVID-19 administration of vaccine for patients on IVIG/SCIG therapy (PDF)
- COVID-19 AstraZeneca letter (PDF)
- COVID-19 vaccine deferral lifted for recent lab-confirmed cases (PDF)
- COVID-19 vaccine deferral among recent lab-confirmed cases (PDF)
- COVID-19 vaccine interchangeability (PDF)
- COVID-19 vaccine interchangeability practice update (PDF)
- COVID-19 vaccine interchangeability process (PDF)
Vulnerable populations and substance use
- Child and youth mental health services resource list (PDF)
- Community action teams (PDF)
- COVID-19 expression of interest for pandemic prescribing (PDF)
- COVID-19 resources for working with vulnerable populations (PDF)
- Fort St. John clinical response guidelines for Emergency BC housing accommodation (PDF)
- Massett clinical response guidelines for Emergency BC housing accommodation (PDF)
- Mental health and substance use resources (PDF)
- Quesnel clinical response guidelines for Emergency BC housing accommodation (PDF)
- Resources for families of children with neurodevelopmental disorders (PDF)
- Resources to support the response to COVID-19 amongst people who use substances
- Risk mitigation implementation diagram (PDF)
- Risk mitigation prescribing virtual model (PDF)
- Prince George clinical response guidelines for Emergency BC housing accommodation (PDF)
- Terrace clinical response guidelines for Emergency BC housing accommodation (PDF)
- Tlell clinical response guidelines for Emergency BC housing accommodation (PDF)
- Virtual clinic substance use pathway (PDF)
- Virtual substance use clinic (PDF)
- Vulnerable population COVID-19 response resources and planning (PDF)
Work and Safety