Viral Respiratory Illness Toolkit: Long Term Care Facility Guide

29 Sep, 2022

How to manage viral respiratory illness (VRI) in your facility. Organized by sections beneath individual file links.

Section 1: Introduction

We are currently in the process of moving Viral Respiratory Illness Toolkit: Long Term Care Facility Guide to our VCH external site - stay tuned as content is built out.

This page contains resources for managing Viral Respiratory Illness (VRI) in your facility. Please review the resources below for the upcoming respiratory illness season. Pre-season planning will assist with the control of respiratory outbreaks in your facility.

Section 2: Protocols 

Section 3: Getting Ready 

Section 4: Outbreak Management 

Section 5: Testing

Section 6: Antivirals

Influenza
COVID-19                                                                                                                                       

Section 7: Outbreak and Immunization Report Forms

Section 8: Immunizations 

Section 9: Other Long-Term Care Resources

Section 10: Contact Information 

  • If you have questions, please contact VCH Communicable Disease Control team at 604-675-3900 Mondays to Fridays, from 8:30am to 5:00pm (excluding stat holidays) or by emailing MHOandCDNurseOnCall@vch.ca