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January 14, 2021 Hosted by: Dr. Susan Shaw Dr. John Froh Physician Town Hall WELCOME!
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Page 1: Physician Town Hall...• Emergency department • Respiratory Therapy • Covid-19 designated wards • Code blue and trauma teams • Covid-19 assessment and testing centers •

January 14, 2021Hosted by: Dr. Susan Shaw

Dr. John Froh

Physician Town Hall

WELCOME!

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Town Hall Reminders

• This event is being recorded and will be available to view on the Physician Town Hall webpage

• If you have any questions or comments during the event, please enter them in the Q&A section

• Watch for this icon during the event and respond to our live polls

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Truth and Reconciliation

We would like to acknowledge that we are gathering on Treaty 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 territory and the Homeland of the Métis. Recognizing this history is important to our future and our efforts to close the gap in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. I pay my respects to the traditional caretakers of this land.

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COVID-19 Surveillance and Epidemiological Trends Dr. Julie Kryzanowski

COVID-19 Modelling Update Dr. Jenny Basran

COVID-19 Offensive Strategy• COVID Vaccine Update

Dr. Johnmark OpondoDr. Kevin Wasko and Dr. Jessica Minion

COVID-19 Defensive Strategy• PSE Update• PPE Update

Dr. John Froh and John Ash

Dr. John FrohDr. Michael Kelly

Physician Wellness Dr. Andriyka Papish

Your Turn! Poll on Topics/Q&A Vote in our live poll and submit questions!

Agenda

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Dr. Julie KryzanowskiSenior Medical Health Officer

COVID-19 Surveillance and Epidemiological Trends

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Epidemic curve, SK-COVID-19 pandemic, by zone, Feb 1, 2020 – Jan 13, 2021 (n = 19,017)

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New COVID-19 cases per 100,000 last 7-days, by province, March 2020 - Jan 12 2021

Source: Public Health Agency of Canada https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/epidemiological-summary-covid-19-cases.html

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COVID-19 cases, rate per 100,000, last 7-days, by province/territory, Jan 13 2021

SK now has the second highest case rate in the country after Quebec

Source: Public Health Agency of Canada https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/epidemiological-summary-covid-19-cases.html

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Active cases and test rates per 100,000, by subzone, January 13, 2021

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7-day rolling average, COVID-19 cases and test positivity, SK, Dec 1, 2020 - Jan 10, 2021

Source: Interactive epi file

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COVID-19 deaths, SK-COVID-19 pandemic, Mar 31, 2020 – Jan 13, 2021 (N = 206)

Source: Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, Dashboard (https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness)

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Monitoring Indicator summary, Dec 28, 2020 to Jan 10, 2021

• Epidemic DT and R(t) indicating potential PLATEAU in exponential growth

• Testing rate increasing

• Hospitalization decreased

• All indicators demonstrating concerning trend

Source: Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, Weekly Integrated Epi Report

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Previous weekCurrent week

Colour*

Threshold level for Epidemic Spread

“The New Normal”

COVID transmission is controlled, but there is a risk of community transmission.

High risk that COVID transmission is not controlled.

High likelihood that COVID transmission is not controlled.

Source: COVID-19 Coordinating Committee and SK-MHO Committee

Assessed Risk of Epidemic Transmission, by Zone,

Dec 30, 2020 – Jan 12, 2021

Week Dec 30 – Jan 5 Week Jan 6 – 12

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Dr. Jenny BasranSenior Medical Health Officer

COVID-19 Modelling Update

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Impact of Public Health Measures on Lab Confirmed Cases

CEPHIL Agent Based Model study results with 95% quantile

Modelling chart includes holiday season trend.

Rate of growth depends on degree of update of public health measures.

SK COVID-19 Modelling Initiative – Joint partnership between U of S CEPHIL lab, SHA and the MOH

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Impact of Public Health Measure on Hospital Census

CEPHIL Agent Based Model study results with 95% quantile

SK COVID-19 Modelling Initiative – Joint partnership between U of S CEPHIL lab, SHA and the MOH

Modelling chart includes holiday season trend.

Hospital census changes lag behind changes to cases by 1-2 weeks.

Rate of growth slower with higher uptake of public health measures.

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Impact of Public Health Measures on ICU Census

CEPHIL Agent Based Model study results with 95% quantile

SK COVID-19 Modelling Initiative – Joint partnership between U of S CEPHIL lab, SHA and the MOH

Modelling chart includes holiday season trend.

ICU census changes lag behind cases by 1-2 weeks and hospital census by another week.

Rate of growth depends on degree of update of public health measures.

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Dr. Johnmark OpondoMedical Health Officer – Offensive Strategy

Offensive Strategy Update

COVID-19 Health System Readiness Update

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Offensive Strategy

Key goal: prevent, contain and mitigate viral spread and promote population healthKey work of Public Health:

1. Emergency preparedness and response, including cross-sector business and service continuity 2. Epidemiology and surveillance: understand patterns of transmission to adjust response measures3. Case, contact and outbreak investigation and management

• Population-based measure that aims to interrupt networks of transmission and control epidemic• Notification Isolation/Quarantine Investigation Reporting Monitoring Evaluation• Assisted Self-Isolation Sites (ASIS), ASIS Medical and Secure isolation sites (SIS)• Risk assessment: case communicability period, acquisition, exposure setting(s), contacts

4. Testing strategy: symptomatic, active case finding (investigations), public health surveillance5. Enforcement: Public Health Orders, Public Health inspection, compliance/education6. Risk communication: public awareness, behavior change, population health promotion7. Covid-19 Immunization planning and delivery

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New Canadian Border Measures

As of January 7th, Canada is implementing pre-departure testing for any flight coming into Canada.

Anyone 5 years+ is required to have a negative molecular test within 72hr (some cases extended to 96hr) prior to boarding.

Passengers are required to bring the documentation to the airline (if don’t have, then prohibited from boarding) and need to be ready to produce to government/public health officials if asked during quarantine).

A 14-day quarantine period is still required. Federal government is procuring security to do quarantine site visits. Desire to strengthen

enforcement. Some exemptions exist (e.g. for crew members, emergency providers, essential service

providers, Canadian officials on foreign assignment, etc).

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Expand the scope of who can do contact tracing

Amendments to Disease Control Regulations re: COVID

1. All persons who are assigned contact tracing or related duties by the SHA; and

2. All persons who are assigned contact tracing or related duties by an entity contracted by the SHA to provide an external workforce in relation to contact tracing.

With respect to section 8.2(2) and the requirement that designated persons have the qualifications, educational background or experience that the Chief Medical Officer has determined is appropriate, please be advised that the classes of persons outlined above have some or all of the following experience/qualifications:· They are employees or contractors of the SHA;· They are employees of the Saskatchewan Public Service Commission;· They are employees of Statistics Canada or related agencies; or· They are learners in Nursing, Medicine, or other medical fields

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Outbreak Mx. Response Current Strategies

Outbreak Prevention Outbreak Response

Continuing Care Resource Team

HR Affiliate Workforce Plan

LTC Pathway

POCT

Daily contact and support with LTC Home

Continuing Care Director on call 7 days a week to support Homes in outbreak

Outbreak simulations

Equipment and PPE Monitoring

Temporary Closure of 4 bed rooms

Daily Outbreak Calls

Daily Staffing Huddles

IPC Consultant Site Visits

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Dr. Kevin WaskoCo-Chair COVID-19 Immunization Clinical Expert Advisory Committee

COVID-19 Vaccine Update

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Updated HCW & Vulnerable Populations Framework

NACI guidelinesPriority for early COVID-19 vaccination will be given to the following populations:

• residents and staff of shared living settings who provide care for seniors• adults 70 years of age and older, with order of priority:

• beginning with adults 80 years of age and older• decreasing the age limit by 5-year increments to age 70 years as supply

becomes available• adults in Indigenous communities

Definition of Vulnerable Populations: those at high risk for severe illness and death, those most likely to transmit to those at high-risk and those in living or working conditions with elevated risk for infection or disproportionate consequences

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Phase 1: HCW/Vulnerable Populations

Health Care Worker Vulnerable Populations

• HCW of congregate living settings for

older adults (long term care and personal

care homes)

• Adult ICU

• Emergency department

• Respiratory Therapy

• Covid-19 designated wards

• Code blue and trauma teams

• Covid-19 assessment and testing centers

• EMS, road and air transport teams

• All HCW over age 70

LTC/PCH residents and staff

Residents of First Nations Communities over

the age of 40

Age > 80 and Indigenous adults age >60

Age > 70 and Indigenous Adults age > 50

Planned or post solid organ and bone

marrow/stem cell transplant

Patients on Dialysis

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Phase 2a: HCW Vulnerable Populations

Health Care Worker Vulnerable Populations

• HCW of congregate living situations for

vulnerable adult populations

• Anesthesia / Operating Rooms

• All other critical care

• Hemodialysis

• Vaccination team

• Radiology technicians

• ECG/echo

• Phlebotomy/Lab Workers handling COVID

specimens

• Home care (direct care providers)

Residents and staff of shared living situations [language

from NACI guidelines] for seniors not included above

• seniors’ assisted living

Residents and staff of other shared living settings2

• homeless shelters and other emergency shelters

• group homes

• mental health residential care

• non-federally regulated correctional institutions

• Congregate Living Arrangements

Medically vulnerable populations

• Malignant Hematology patients on active treatment

• Solid Tumor Oncology patients on active treatment

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Phase 2b and c: HCW Vulnerable PopulationsHealth Care Worker Vulnerable Populations

Phase 2b: All other direct clinical care including:

• Physicians

• RN and LPN

• Therapists (physical, occupational, speech

• Ward clerks

• Outpatient clinic staff

• Mental health providers

• Patient registration

• Housekeeping/environmental services

• Dietary staff

• Security

• Social workers & case managers

• CPAs

• Chaplain staff

• Dentists and dental clinics (direct care providers)

• Pharmacists and pharmacies (direct care providers)

• Community based health workers on First Nations Communities

• Traditional/cultural workers

Phase 2c: HCWs not included above

Phase 2b• We recommend further engagement with Indigenous

partners for additional sequencing of Indigenous populations in the province.

• We recommend further engagement with community partners for additional sequencing of socially vulnerable populations in the province.

Phase 2c• Outreach as general population roll out

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John & Shirley

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Phase One - Priority Populations

Currently planned Federal allocations for Phase One leave us approximately 50% short of fully immunizing the high priority populations approved by the COVID-19 Immunization Oversight Committee and as recommended by clinical and ethical experts

Category

Long term care/personal care home residents and staff

Prioritized health care workers

Ages 80+ years

Ages 70-79

Remote/North 50+

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Faster – Key Strategies

Speed matters. Every day counts to save lives and reduce the overall impact of COVID-19.

Hub Model: Establish Pfizer/Moderna distribution hubs in approx. 20 locations

All hands on deck: Deliver through all appropriate health care providers and available external resources

Continue supporting & strengthening mobile immunizations teams

Test new delivery methods locally for priority populations and determine ability to scale up or utilize in other locations

Forecast vaccine distribution further in to the future to enable teams to better prepare for rapid distribution• Stable, predictable and large volume allocations enable more rapid delivery

Ensuring all areas of the province are in a state of readiness for rapid and safe delivery of the vaccine as quickly as possible once they receive it

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Learning matters: Continuous improvement is already resulting in more rapid delivery

Smarter

Leveraging our experience from the influenza vaccine, but also recognizing where it’s different and adapt accordingly• Key differences: limited, variable and unpredictable allocations, the need to sequence priority

populations, multiple vaccines and more complex transportation/distribution

Identifying improvements from initial pilot/early phases• e.g. transportation improvements are already increasing pace of delivery

Empowering teams to identify creative/innovative delivery methods• Power of a single health authority is that good ideas can be more easily scaled/replicated in different

areas of the province

Learning from our partners: Planning and vaccine delivery will be coordinated with stakeholders (First Nations/Metis Partners, CBOs, etc)

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Safety matters: High uptake requires strong communications to ensure the public knows the vaccine is safe

The COVID-19 Vaccine is:• Safe – Health Canada approved• Effective – 90%+ reduction in infection• Simple – like getting a flu shot

The World Health Organization:• Estimates that vaccines save 2-3 million lives in a normal year• Lists vaccine hesitancy as one of the top 10 global health risks

Safe

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• Delivering to high risk populations up North in early phases was the right decision, but did slow initial rollout

• Pfizer is more logistically challenging to distribute to rural/remote locations

• Time-intensive consent process, high volume booking processes

• Limited, variable and unpredictable allocations

• Adverse winter weather may cause transportation challenges at times, especially in rural and remote settings

• Resources strained given the need for continued pandemic response• Significant challenges given high COVID cases, hospitalizations, etc.

Key Challenges

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Key Next Steps:

• Continue to build out prioritization of groups for phase two

• Continue to prepare for widespread immunization in phase two

• Ensure teams are ready to deliver vaccine as soon as possible on arrival to enhance speed of delivery

Key Messages:

• Safety of our patients, residents and health care workers is our #1 priority

• Speed matters. That is why we need to continually get faster and smarter.

• Stable, predictable and large volume allocations make rapid delivery easier

• Our health care system is at its most fragile point yet. The public needs to remain vigilant.

Key Next Steps & Key Messages

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COVID Vaccine Update Week of January 11, 2021

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SHA COVID Vaccine Administration Data

Area Distribution Administered Remaining % Administered

Regina 3900 4001 0 103%

Saskatoon 11700 3537 8378 30%

North Central 3900 1258 2642 32%

Far Northwest 1450 956 494 66%

Far Northeast 1370 1261 109 92%

Northeast 1370 715 655 52%

Athabasca Health Authority 710 257 453 36%

Provincial Totals

Saskatchewan 24400 11985 12630 49%

*Extra DosesIn Vials

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New SK Vaccine Administration Targets

Date # of Doses Administered in SK/day

January 13-14, 2021 1000/day

January 15-19, 2021 1500/day

January 20-31, 2021 2000/day

February 1, 2021 2500/day

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Emerging SARS-CoV-2 VariantsDr. Jessica MinionProvincial Clinical Lead Public Health – Laboratory Medicine

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New Viral Variants

• Viruses constantly change through mutation, and new variants of a virus are expected to occur over time.• Sometimes new variants emerge and disappear. • Other times, new variants emerge and persist. • Multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 have

been documented globally during this pandemic

• SARS-CoV-2 has not mutated very quickly in general• Accumulation of mutations averages 1-2/month• i.e. most genomes sequenced today have ~20-25

mutations compared to isolates from China in January 2020

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-0770-5

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UK Variant

• In the United Kingdom (UK), a new variant has emerged• Known as 20B/501Y.V1, VOC 202012/01, or B.1.1.7 lineage • First detected in September 2020• Unusually large number of mutations (17 from nearest branch)• Evidence that it appears to spread more easily: epidemiologic & in vitro

studies• No indication that it causes more severe illness or increased risk of death

• Unusually large number of mutations• 17 from nearest branch, 8 in the gene that encodes the spike protein on

surface of virus• N501Y = at position 501, amino acid asparagine (N) has been replaced with

tyrosine (Y): increases how tightly it binds onto ACE-2 receptor, its entry point into human cells

• 69-70del = deletion of 2 amino acids in the spike protein: has been found in viruses that elude immune response in immunocompromised patients

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UK Variant

UK variant has been detected in 35 countries

23 cases have been detected in Canada (ON=14, AB=4, BC=4, QC=1); all have been connected to international travel (3 investigations still pending)

http://cov-lineages.org/global_report_B.1.1.7.html Accessed January 14, 2021

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South African Variant

• In South Africa, another variant has emerged independently of the variant detected in the UK.• Known as 20C/501Y.V2 or B.1.351 lineage

• First detected in October 2020

• Shares some mutations with the B.1.1.7 lineage, including multiple mutations in the spike protein such as N501Y.

• Evidence that it appears to spread more easily

• No indication that it causes more severe illness or increased risk of death

• As of January 13, 2021, one case has been identified in Canada (=AB) in a recent traveler.

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South African Variant

N=12 countrieshttps://cov-lineages.org/global_report_B.1.351.html accessed January 14, 2021

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Ongoing Surveillance

• Other variants are constantly being recognized and investigated

• Currently no others have been classified as a “VOC” or Variant of Concern

• Looking for both epidemiologic associations with increased transmission and specific mutations hypothesized to cause changes to transmissibility or antigenicity

• Epidemiologic monitoring of viral sequences varies greatly across different countries, with UK being the gold standard globally

• In Canada, national surveillance program: CanCoGen• Has sequenced over 25,000 viral genomes so far

• SK Selection strategy• 50% randomly selected cases to determine background transmission

• 50% directed: all travel-related, potential reinfections, vaccine escape, unusual severity, outbreaks

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Potential Consequences of Emerging Variants

• Ability to spread more quickly in people.• Epidemiologic evidence, in vitro evidence

• Ability to cause either milder or more severe disease in people.• There is no evidence that these recently identified SARS-CoV-2 variants cause more severe disease than earlier ones.

• Ability to evade detection by specific diagnostic tests.• Most polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests have multiple targets to detect the virus, such that even if a mutation impacts one of the

targets, the other PCR targets will still work.

• Decreased susceptibility to therapeutic agents such as monoclonal antibodies.

• Ability to evade natural or vaccine-induced immunity.• Both vaccination against and natural infection with SARS-CoV-2 produce a “polyclonal” response that targets several parts of the

spike protein. The virus would likely need to accumulate multiple mutations in the spike protein to evade immunity induced byvaccines or by natural infection.

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References

• Genetic Variants of SARS-CoV-2—What Do They Mean?• https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2775006

• The British variant of the new coronavirus-19 (Sars-Cov-2) should not create a vaccine problem• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33377359/

• UK Government: New SARS-CoV-2 variant• https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/new-sars-cov-2-variant

• Covid-19: What have we learnt about the new variant in the UK?• https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4944

• Could new COVID variants undermine vaccines? Labs scramble to find out• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00031-0

• WHO: Episode #20 - COVID-19 - Variants & Vaccines• https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/media-resources/science-in-5/episode-20-

--covid-19---variants-vaccines

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Dr. John Froh

Deputy Chief Medical Officer – Pandemic

John Ash

Executive Director of Acute Care Regina

Defensive Strategy

COVID-19 Health System Readiness Update

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Provincial Acute Capacity Report

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COVID-19 Hospital Census

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Acute Care Surge – Provincial Strategies

Target Condition: Proactively prepare for anticipated acute care surge.

Multiple strategies underway at local and provincial level. Some of the key provincial strategies:

• Weekly operational COVID requirement of all IHICCs issued this morning with updated acute care capacity targets based upon modeling data.

• Implementation of rapid point of care testing in acute care to support screening, placement and outbreak management strategies.

• Acute Care oxygen system monitoring and upgrades• Provincial load balancing of inpatients across acute care facilities • Needs assessment and planning to enhance critical care transport capacity • Establishment of local multidisciplinary outbreak management teams

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Physician Skills Enhancement Update

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Emergency Pandemic Skills Program% to Target (Target = 95 Trained Physicians)

ICU Pandemic Skills Program% to Target (Target = 80 Trained Physicians)

Hospital Pandemic Skills Program% to Target (Target = 160 Trained Physicians) Red - <50%

Yellow - 50%-74%Green - 75%+

Physician Skill Enhancement (PSE) Program Update

Hospital remains most urgent need!

Sign up through Pandemic Skills Inventory!

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Physician Deployment Update

Week Location(s) Physician(s) Actively Deployed

December 27, 2020 – January 2, 2021

Weyburn Yes

January 3 – 9, 2021 Weyburn Yes

January 10 – 16, 2021 Weyburn Yes

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Dr. Michael Kelly

EOC Safety Officer

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Update

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PPE Update

• Current PPE supply is secure• Now receiving 100K/month - Kimberly Clark N95s on top

of 3M allocation• Vaccination status does not impact PPE requirements

and isolation requirements after exposure

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Safety Bulletins

- PPE guidelines can be found at Saskatchewan.ca/COVID19-providers

- In the spring the SHA released a weekly PPE Bulletin every Friday that provided information to staff and physicians on PPE recommendations

- The PPE bulletin is now the Safety Bulletin and includes a wider variety of topics all under the Safety umbrella as it relates to COVID-19.

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Droplet Contact Plus Precautions for COVID-19

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Dr. Andriyka Papish

Consulting Psychiatrist, Regina, SK

Co-Lead, Psychiatry Response Team for COVID-Care Providers

Physician Health Program, SMA

Physician Wellness

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I see my colleagues struggling…

What can I do?

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CMA Physician Wellness Hub: 4 key points

How leaders can support team resilience in a pandemic

1. Educate yourself about signs of stress & trauma

2. Carve out regular time for reflective discussions with your team• Strive for the “Hobfoll five”: 5 essential elements of psychosocial support

i. a sense of safety

ii. promote calming

iii. remind team members of their sense of efficacy individually and as a team

iv. Connectedness

v. talk about hope and sense of purpose

• https://www.cma.ca/physician-wellness-hub/resources/resilience/how-leaders-can-support-team-resilience

• https://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/English/online-training-psychological-health-and-safety

• https://haruv.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hobfoll-et-al-2009.pdf

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CMA Physician Wellness Hub: 4 key points

How leaders can support team resilience in a pandemic

3. Model the behaviours you want to see• “Real leaders are forged in crisis”

• 10 steps to help ensure psychological

wellbeing of health care staff during COVID

4. Find champions that also model

these behaviors

• https://hbr.org/2020/04/real-leaders-are-forged-in-crisis

• https://www.bps.org.uk/sites/www.bps.org.uk/files/News/News%20-%20Files/Psychological%20needs%20of%20healthcare%20staff.pdf

• https://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/news/2021/01/covid-mental-health.php

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Thank you for attending to your own self care -this improves patient

care.

Saskatoon, NE, NW: Brenda Senger

306-657-4553

Regina, SE/SW: Jessica Richardson

306- 359-2750

Saskatchewan Medical Association Physician Health Program

Town Hall Physician Wellness Webex Series Physician Wellness and Support webpage

Health Care Worker Mental Health Support Hotline: 1-833-233-3314 (8am – 4:30pm, Monday-Friday)

Your Physician Health & Wellness Supports Reflect on one thing that

brought you hope and a sense of purpose in

your work today.

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Thank you to our partners!

Partners

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Q&APlease enter your question in the Q&A section

OR

Raise your hand and we will unmute you so you can comment or ask your question live

Please respond to the live poll!

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Next Town Hall

Regular town hall meetings will be every

Thursday evening from 18:00-19:30

Thank you for attending!


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