Provincial Clinic Reopening Guidelines, Including PPE and Infection Control

Please note: The CPA is aware that prices for PPE and infection control products may be significantly higher at the present time compared to normal - this is due to the global shortage of these products. Distributors are having to pay suppliers a premium for items and are facing many supply chain and geo-political challenges to serve Canadian health care providers. It is important to distinguish between "price gouging" (inflating the price of a product to increase profit) by the distributor, and distributor prices increasing because their price from the supplier has increased. The CPA is working hard lobbying for the government to take additional steps to make PPE available to physiotherapists working in all health care settings. We continue to work with our partners to advocate for and understand the complexity related to getting cost-effective PPE in the hands of our members. We encourage all CPA members to do their due diligence, based on price, product and need before making purchases.

Physiotherapy Regulators: PPE Recommendations

Where a provincial regulator has identified specific recommendations, the website link is provided. The provincial government website link is also provided for information.

CANADIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY REGULATORS

• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
  • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): For health professionals
     
• Ontario (ON)
  • Infection Control and Equipment Maintenance Standard
  • COVID-19 (Coronavirus) FAQs
  • Reopening Ontario After COVID-19
     
• Newfoundland and Labrador (NFLD)
  • COVID-19 Information
  • For Health Professionals
     
• Prince Edward Island (PEI)
  • For Healthcare Workers
  • Renew PEI, Together
     
• Nova Scotia (NS)
  • Physiotherapy Services During COVID-19
     
• New Brunswick (NB)
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for Primary Care Providers in a Community Setting
  • Health and Allied Health Professionals
     
• Quebec (QC)
  • Mesures de protection
  • Directives cliniques aux professionnels et au réseau pour la COVID-19
     
• Manitoba (MB)
  • CPM COVID-19 Bulletin #11
  • CPM COVID-19 Bulletin #14
  • Government of Manitoba
     
• Saskatchewan (SK)
  • FAQs Regarding PT Practice in COVID-19 Pandemic
  • SCPT Practice Guideline Reopening of Physiotherapy Clinics
  • Medical Professionals Guidelines
     
• Alberta (AB)
  • Standards of Practice Infection Control
  • Temporary Workplace Rule Changes
     
• British Columbia (BC)
  • COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions as of April 15th, 2020
  • COVID-19: Keeping Yourself & Your Clients Healthy
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • BC COVID-19 Go-Forward Management Strategy
     
• Northwest Territories/Nunavut (NWT/NV)
  • Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Frequently Asked Questions
     
• Yukon (YK)
  • Taking off (doffing) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Putting on (donning) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Guidelines for the Delivery of Critical, Essential, and Other Services
  • Yukon Hospitals - COVID-19 Updates

INTERNATIONAL PHYSIOTHERAPY REGULATOR

• World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT)
  • #PPE4PT advocacy campaign in support of access to personal protective equipment for physiotherapists
  • Airborne protection when treating people with COVID-19
  • Interim recommendations for the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during hospital care of people with Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
  • Rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and considerations during severe shortages