Treatment and Support Centres

Staff and residents of treatment and support centres, including detox, substance use disorder, supportive, and inpatient hospital settings, all play a key role in preventing and controlling infection in their settings. This page includes IPAC resources related to these treatment and support centres. Can't find a certain resource? Try the General Resources webpage or email us. 

COVID-19 Guidance: Hospice Care

This guidance document provides recommendations from the Ministry of Health for hospice care, including general advise, prevention of disease transmission, screening, symptoms, testing, reporting, outbreak management, and occupational health and safety.

COVID-19 Guidance: Independent Health Facilities

This guidance document provides recommendations from the Ministry of Health for independent health facilities, including general advise, screening, testing, reporting, and occupational health and safety.

COVID-19 Guidance: Mental Health and Addictions Service Providers in Community Settings

This guidance document provides recommendations from the Ministry of Health for Mental Health and Addictions Service Providers in Community Settings, including general advise, planning, prevention, modifying operations, screening, providing services, reporting, and occupational health and safety.

COVID-19: Infection Prevention and Control for Harm Reduction Workers in Ontario (Presentation)

This presentation by PHO includes guidance for PPE, CTS, Community Care Settings, AGMP, live saving procedures, and current challenges for CTS operating during a pandemic.

Strategies to Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Supportive Recovery Programs and Bed-based Addiction Treatment Services

This national rapid guidance document provides strategies to reduce COVID-19 transmission in supportive treatment settings. This guidance includes such topics as risk assessment, staff management, equipment changes, screening, substance use disorder treatment, care plans, outbreak protocol, vaccination plans, access to cultural practices, and staff self-care.