Communicable Disease Guidelines

The Chief Public Health Office provides direction and guidance on the management and control of communicable diseases in Prince Edward Island.  The following policies and guidelines contain information for health care providers regarding the prevention, identification and management of communicable diseases pursuant to Prince Edward Island’s Public Health Act and Notifiable Diseases and Conditions and Communicable Diseases Regulations.

These guidelines are routinely reviewed and updated as new evidence presents.

• Amoebiasis
• Campylobacteriosis
• Chlamydia  Chlamydia Fact Sheet
• Clostridium difficile Infection 
• COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)  LTC CCF COVID-19 Guidelines - see Viral Respiratory Infections and Outbreak Management in Long-Term Care and Community Care Facilities (Below)
• Cryptosporidiosis 
• Ebola / Sudan Viral Disease Public Health Response Guidelines
• Giardiasis
• GI Outbreak Guidelines in LTC / CCF
• Hepatitis B (HBV) Guideline
• Invasive Haemophilus influenza serotype b (Hib)
• IGAS (Invasive Group A Streptococcus)
• IMD (Invasive Meningococcal Disease) 
• Infection Control for Health Care Offices and Clinics
• Influenza Control in Long Term Care - see Viral Respiratory Infections and Outbreak Management in Long-Term Care and Community Care Facilities (Below)
• Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD)
• Lyme Disease (Management and Control) 
• Measles
• Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
• Monkeypox (MPX) National Monkeypox Information for Health Professionals Imvamune Vaccine Information Sheet
• Needlestick Guidelines (Blood and Body Fluids Exposure Guideline)
• Pertussis
• Physician Outpatient Office Guidelines for Respiratory Illness  PPE Guidance for Physician Offices
• Rabies 
• Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Illness for Shelters 2024
• Salmonella
• Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI)
• Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC)
• Shigellosis
• Tuberculosis (FAQs, TST Fact Sheet, Canadian TB Standards)
• Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) 
• Varicella
• Viral Respiratory Infections and Outbreak Management in Long-Term Care and Community Care Facilities Nov 2023 NEW
• Yersiniosis