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CONTACT
Response Team for CL Toronto Staff
647-729-3657
Please use this phone number for non-emergency help. This phone line will be answered by CL Toronto’s Health Team.
covidteam@cltoronto.ca
Please use this email address to give feedback on this online guide or pose new non-urgent questions.
Call 911 in case of:
Fire, Police, or Medical Emergency
Or if anyone under care exhibits any of the following symptoms:
- Difficulty breathing
- Can’t keep fluids down (severely dehydrated)
- Altered mental status
If you are a CL Toronto Staff Member reaching out to 911, please also call the Response Team number above (647-729-3657) afterwards keep them alerted of the situation.
DIRECTIVES AND MEMOS
- Directive for Transporting Individuals in Service (last updated 27/01/2021)
- Update on Children and Adult Respite (last updated 15/01/2021)
- Policy Directive for the Development Services Sector on Shared Workers (last updated 24/8/2020)
- Paid Time Off Directive (last updated 03/11/2020)
- Alternative Work Assignments (last updated 08/4/2020)
- Travel and Self-isolation Memo (last updated 08/4/2020)
- Masks in the Community and Offices Memo (last updated 20/4/2020)
- Hospital Visits Memo (last updated 8/5/2020)
- Extension of COVID-19 Measures Memo (last updated 18/11/2020)
- Cleaning, Laundry, and Waste Disposal Protocol (last updated 03/7/2020)
- Intake and Transitions Directive (last updated 24/8/2020)
Friends and Family Visits – Commencing June 18, 2020
- Home and Family Visits Directive (last updated 03/11/2020)
- Visits at CLTO Residential Sites Memo (effective 9/10/2020)
- Social Story COVID-19 Re-Opening Family Visits (last updated 17/6/2020)
Essential Visits
- Essential Visitors Directive (last updated 03/11/2020)
- Guidelines for Essential Visits (last updated 15/12/2020)
Screening
- Protocol For Passive and Active Screening (last updated 29/12/2020)
- Active Screening Questionnaire and Script (last updated 29/12/2020)
- Essential Visitor Log (last updated 10/8/2020)
- Screening Poster (last updated 17/8/2020)
Outbreak Management
- Outbreak Management Protocol (last updated 28/9/2020)
- Outbreak Management Protocol Visual Chart (last updated 11/2/2020)
Privacy
- Privacy and Confidentiality For Staff Directive (last updated 16/10/2020)
- Privacy and Confidentiality For Visitors Directive (last updated 16/10/2020)
- Privacy and Confidentiality For Individuals Supported Directive (last updated 16/10/2020)
Vaccines
- COVID-19 Immunization Directive – Staff and Essential Visitors (last updated 10/03/2021)
- COVID-19 Immunization Directive – Individuals Served (last updated 10/03/2021)
- Vaccine Directive One-Pager for Individuals In Support (last updated 10/03/2021)
- Vaccine Directive One-Pager For Staff (last updated 10/03/2021)
TOOLS & TRAINING
Identifying and Managing Symptoms
- Symptoms Checklist (last updated 22/12/2020)
- Chronic Pain Scale for Nonverbal Adults with IDs (last updated 22/12/2020)
- Identifying Potential Symptoms in Nonverbal Individuals (last updated 22/12/2020)
- Respiratory Status Monitoring Revised 2020 (last updated 22/12/2020)
- Signs of Respiratory Distress (last updated 22/12/2020)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
How do I:
- Know when to use PPE’s (last updated 18/11/2020)
- Properly Put On (Donning) PPE’s (last updated 08/4/2020)
- Properly Take Off (Doffing) PPE’s (last updated 08/4/2020)
PPE use
- Guide for PPE Use (last updated 22/12/2020)
- Updated IPAC recommendations of when to use PPE (last updated 22/4/2020)
- PPE Kits in CLTO sites Memo (last updated 08/4/2020)
- Contact and Droplet Precautions (last updated 22/4/2020)
- New Face Shields and Surgical Masks Memo (last updated 14/5/2020)
- Face Shield Assembly and Sanitize (last updated 14/5/2020
- How to Videos
- CLTO PPE Training Video (last updated 31/3/2020)
- Putting on PPE (last updated 31/3/2020)
- Taking off PPE (last updated 31/3/2020)
- Putting on a gown (last updated 31/3/2020)
- 7 steps of Hand Hygiene (last updated 31/3/2020)
Prevention
How do I:
- Know the difference: Self-Monitoring, Self Isolation, or Quarantine and when to do which (last updated 31/3/2020)
- Keep Surfaces Clean (last updated 15/3/2020)
- Self-Isolate While Working (last updated 31/3/2020)
- How to Self-Monitor (last updated 29/09/2020)
Training
How do I:
- COVID-19 IPAC Fundamentals Training (For Non-Clinical Staff) (last updated 11/2/2021)
- Physical Distance (last updated 31/7/2020)
- Perform CPR/Use an AED (last updated 16/4/2020)
Q&As
+ Self Isolation
+ Mandatory Quarantine/Isolation
+ Compensation for time off due to COVID-19
+ Refusal / Reluctance to Work
+ Other Return to Work Scenarios
+ Mandatory Training
+ Supporting Persons in Service and Programs
+ SOR Report to the Ministry
+ Insurance Policy Coverage
+ Meetings
+ Talent Acquisition and Interviewing
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- Workplace Resources
- Workplace Dynamics during stressful times (last updated 31/3/2020)
- Protocol to Refuse or Stop Work where Health and Safety in Danger (last updated 08/4/2020)
- Policy: Right to Refuse or Stop Work where Health and Safety in Danger (last updated 21/4/2020)
- CLTO’s Employee Assistance Program (last updated 31/3/2020)
- CLTO’s Employee Assistance Program App Information (last updated 1/4/2020)
- MCCSS Serious Occurrence Reporting Guide (last updated 09/4/2020)
- Ontario Ministry of Health COVID-19 Self-assessment (last updated 07/5/2020)
- CLTO Guide for COVID-19 Staff and Resident Testing and Clearance (last updated 11/2/2021)
- Communicable Diseases Policy (last updated 10/8/2020)
- Working Remotely Policy (last updated 10/8/2020)
- Occupational Illness Disease Reporting (last updated 10/8/2020)
- How Does COVID19 spread (last updated 17/8/2020)
- COVID19 Physical Distancing (last updated 17/8/2020)
- COVID19 Symptoms (last updated 17/8/2020)
- COVID19 Wash Your Hands (last updated 17/8/2020)
- Guidance for Ontario Workplaces (last updated 17/8/2020)
- Laundry (last updated 17/8/2020)
- Public Health Resources
- Public Health Guidance on Clearance and Testing (last updated 09/4/2020)
- Public Health Ontario Fact Sheet on When and How to Wear Masks (last updated 10/8/2020)
- Public Health Ontario Fact Sheet on Physical Distancing (last updated 10/8/2020)
- Public Health Ontario Fact Sheet on Non-medical Masks and Face Coverings (last updated 10/8/2020)
- Public Health Ontario Fact Sheet on Mask Use for Non Health Care Workers (last updated 10/8/2020)
- How to deal with Covid19
- Resiliency in Uncertain Times (last updated 08/4/2020)
- Social Stigma Associated with Covid 19 (last updated 31/3/2020)
- General Tips (last updated 31/3/2020)
- Novel Coronavirus Information (video updated 31/3/2020)
- Federal and Provincial Emergency Legislation (last updated 31/3/2020)
- Forms
- Consent to Release Information Form (last updated 08/4/2020)
- Outbreak Transfer Notification Form (last updated 31/3/2020)
- Individual Transfer Form (last updated 08/4/2020)
- Serious Occurrence Residential (SOR) (last updated 31/3/2020)
- Notice of Occurrence Form (last updated 18/4/2020)
All of these and other resources are available on CLTO’s COVID-19 Teams site and our SharePoint COVID-19 site.