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Active health advisories
As part of AHS’ commitment to the health and safety of Albertans, AHS releases health advisories related to air quality, cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), heat, boil water, federal notices, wildfire and flood resources and safety information, food safety news, COVID-19 information, environmental public health orders, public health travel notices, and health enforcement notices.
Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL)
APL is asking primary care providers to take the following action regarding measles prevention and testing:
- Ensure you and your staff are fully vaccinated to prevent acquiring measles.
- Familiarize yourself with the clinical presentation of measles.
- Check that you have sufficient supplies of nasopharyngeal swabs, Universal/Viral Transport medium and sterile urine containers for sample collection, and ensure the transport medium has NOT expired (expiry date on container).
- Familiarize yourself and your nursing staff with how to collect a nasopharyngeal swab.
- Ensure you have sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment, especially N95 respirators.
- Before sending a suspect measles patient to have their blood collected, first contact the APL Appointment Booking line at 1-877-702-4486.
- Refer to the APL Guide to Services for additional information.
- Refer to the AHS IPC Acute Care Resource Manual for additional information.
Measles specimen collection - viral transport medium reminder
Please ensure that you are using the Puritan UniTranz-RT UTM. Read more information.
Alberta’s Pathway Hub – Pathway of the Week
Provincial Lung Testing Clinical Diagnosis Pathway: A new lung testing pathway is available for use by family physicians to help in selecting the right pulmonary function diagnostic test at the right time. Specifically, it offers practical recommendations to guide testing for diagnosis in those over age six, and for the six most common respiratory presentations to primary care (asthma, chronic cough, COPD, dyspnea NYD, interstitial lung disease, and Post COVID).
FAST launching gynecology in Calgary, Central, North and South Zones on June 10
The Facilitated Access to Specialized Treatment (FAST) program will begin accepting gynecology referrals in Calgary, Central, North and South Zones on June 10, 2024. FAST currently accepts referrals for general surgery, orthopedic surgery, urology* and vascular surgery.
Edmonton Zone continues to intake colposcopy referrals and plans to add all gynecology reasons for referral in Fall 2024.
FAST is a provincial central access and intake program. Learn more at AHS.ca/FAST.
*Urology referrals in Edmonton Zone should continue to be submitted through eReferral. |
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