Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC)

Physician Resources

• Alberta Health Services
  • H1N1 Information Centre
  • Information for Physicians
  • Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Response Plan
  • Physician H1N1 Online Pandemic Response Registration Tool
• Alberta Health and Wellness
  • H1N1 in Alberta - Information for health professionals 
• Alberta Medical Association
  • Pandemic Preparedness: H1N1 (Human Swine) Flu
• College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta
  • CPSA Recommendations for minimizing flu virus transmission
• Government of Alberta
  • Best Practice Guideline for Workplace Health & Safety During Pandemic Influenza
• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Clinical Guidelines - H1N1 Flu Virus
  • Flu Watch - weekly reports for health professionals
  • New Online CME Course

Correspondence to Physicians

The College has agreed to use our email database to distribute urgent flu-related information from Alberta Health and Wellness and Alberta Health Services to physicians.The following documents have been sent out.

• Letter on Antivirals to all Alberta Physicians - Alberta Health and Wellness (Dec 21, 2009)
• Revised: Influenza Antiviral Prescribing Guidelines H1N1 2009 - Alberta Health and Wellness (Dec 21, 2009)
• Letter on Antivirals to all Alberta Physicians - Alberta Health and Wellness (Oct 21, 2009)
• Lab testing for persons with suspected H1N1 virus - Alberta Health and Wellness (June 23, 2009)
• Physician Issues in a Pandemic – Alberta Health Services, Alberta Health and Wellness (May 8, 2009)
• Physician and Staff Personal Protective Equipment – Alberta Health Services (May 8, 2009)
• Physician Office Kit Update – Alberta Health Services (May 2009)
• Guidelines for Human Swine Influenza A (H1N1) - Alberta Health and Wellness (April 28, 2009)