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May 2013 PIDAC-IPC has updated Annexes A, B, and C of the Routine Practices and Additional Precautions in all health care settings
May 2013 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
May 2013 PHO releases technical report Update on Raw Milk Consumption and Public Health: A Scientific Review for Ontario Public Health Professionals
May 2013 Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) call for members
April 2013 PHO releases Guidelines for Testing and Treatment of Gonorrhea in Ontario
April 2013 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
April 2013 The Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee on Immunization (PIDAC-I) has released Herpes Zoster Vaccine: Options for Consideration (February 2013). This document provides evidence-based scientific and technical advice from PIDAC-I regarding options for consideration with respect to the use of HZ vaccine in Ontario.
April 2013 Youth Population Health Assessment Visioning: Recommendations and Next Steps
April 2013 Measuring the Health of Infants, Children, and Youth for Public Health in Ontario: Indicators, Gaps, and Recommendations for Moving Forward
March 2013 PIDAC’s Infection Prevention and Control for Clinical Office Practice is now available for scientific comment/feedback.
March 2013 Public Health Ontario Releases Updated Public Health Inspector’s Guide to the Principles and Practices of Environmental Microbiology
March 2013 PHO makes available PIDAC’s Syndromic Surveillance Discussion Paper
March 2013 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
March 2013 The 2012 Sheela Basrur Centre Newsletter now available
Feb 2013 Shortlisted Companies Invited to Bid on Public Health Ontario Laboratory Project at MaRS Centre Phase 2
Feb 2013 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
Feb 2013 Review of Literature for Evidence-based Best Practices for VRE Control (December 2012)
Jan 2013 Review of Air Quality Index and Air Quality Health Index Report
Jan 2013 PHO Laboratory featured on MaRS 2 blog
Jan 2013 Companies Shortlisted for the Public Health Laboratory Project at MaRS Centre Phase 2
Jan 2013 PIDAC  Routine Practices and Additional Precautions in all health care settings
Jan 2013 PHO launches Cycle 3 of the Locally Driven Collaborative Projects
Dec 2012 PHO introduces new Ontario Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) Reporting Form
Dec 2012 Monthly Infectious Diseases Surveillance Report — December 2012
Dec 2012 Quarterly Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) Surveillance Report
Dec 2012 Follow-up report on PIDAC-I recommendations for Ontario’s adult pertussis vaccine program
Dec 2012 Public Health Ontario Laboratories 2012 Holiday Drinking Water Sample Drop-off Schedule
Dec 2012 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
Dec 2012 Public Health Ontario introduces well disinfection tool
Dec 2012 Public Health Ontario Ethics Review Board – Membership Announcement
Dec 2012 Announcement: Dr. Gary Garber, Medical Director, Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Nov 2012 Keeping You Informed: New PHO Strategic Planning Website Section
Nov 2012 Monthly Infectious Diseases Surveillance Report — November 2012
Nov 2012 PHO sponsors school flu shot study as part of the PCIRN Program Delivery and Evaluation Network
Nov 2012 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
Nov 2012 PHO launches new weekly surveillance report: Ontario Respiratory Virus Report
Oct 2012 Monthly Infectious Diseases Surveillance Report — October 2012
Oct 2012 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
Oct 2012 Opening Eyes, Opening Minds: The Ontario Burden of Mental Illness and Addictions Report
Oct 2012 Request for Qualifications Issued for the Public Health Laboratory at MaRS Centre Phase 2
Oct 2012 PIDAC recommends influenza immunization for health care workers as part of its updated Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario
Oct 2012 Release of the Final Report of the Peer Review Panel on Public Health Ontario
Oct 2012 Dr. Robert Kyle appointed to PHO Board of Directors
Sept 2012 Information on novel coronavirus and H1N1 variant (H1N1v) influenza
Sept 2012 New resources available for developing and sustaining Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs
Sept 2012 Monthly Infectious Diseases Surveillance Report — September 2012
Sept 2012 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
Sept 2012 Updated PHO Contact Directory now available
Sept 2012 Public Health Ontario welcomes Ken Deane to the Board of Directors
Sept 2012 PIDAC’s Review of Literature for Evidence-based Best Practices for VRE Control (August 2012) is now available for scientific comment. 

Aug 2012 Pierre Richard appointed vice-chair, Board of Directors
Aug 2012 Monthly Infectious Diseases Surveillance Report — August 2012
Aug 2012

PIDAC’s Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario In All Health Care Settings, 3rd edition has been updated for a recommendation on influenza immunization for health care workers and is now available for notification and scientific comment. 

July 2012 Third Annual Student Voice Newsletter
July 2012 Monthly Infectious Diseases Surveillance Report — July 2012
July 2012 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
July 2012 Report on Access to Dental Care and Oral Health Inequalities in Ontario
July 2012 Ethics Review Board – Call for Applications
July 2012 Donna Marafioti appointed as Vice-President, Corporate Services and Human Resources
June 2012 Monthly Infectious Diseases Surveillance Report — June 2012
June 2012 Health Equity Impact Assessment Tool
June 2012 Statement on Screening and Containment of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE)
May 2012 “Equity in public health standards: A qualitative document analysis of policies from two
Canadian provinces,”
published by International Journal for Equity in Health. Dr. Heather Manson, chief, Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Public Health Ontario is a corresponding author.
May 2012 Monthly Infectious Diseases Surveillance Report — May 2012
May 2012 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
April 2012 Monthly Infectious Diseases Surveillance Report — April 2012
April 2012 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
April 2012 Seven more years: The impact of smoking, alcohol, diet, physical activity and stress on health and life expectancy in Ontario
March 2012

Public Health Ontario establishes the Shared Library Services Partnership (SLSP)

March 2012 Monthly Infectious Diseases Surveillance Report — March 2012
March 2012 SRKE Advisory Committee — Announcement of members
March 2012 PHO and CCO release Taking Action to Prevent Chronic Disease Report
March 2012 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
March 2012 Diamond Schmitt Architects chosen for PHO laboratory at MaRS Phase 2
March 2012 PHO Technical Report: Update on Lyme Disease Prevention and Control
March 2012 PHO/CCO report release: Taking Action to Prevent Chronic Disease: Recommendations for a Healthier Ontario, at Toronto Board of Trade.
February 2012 Dr. Donald Low receives Council Award
February 2012 PIDAC Call for members
February 2012 The Alcohol Policy Network transitions to Public Health Ontario
February 2012 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
February 2012 PHO Launches Client Satisfaction and Engagement Survey
January 2012 PHO and Ontario Hospital Association welcome new volunteer Provincial Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Advisory Committee members
January 2012 Public Health Ontario launches 2012 Locally Driven Collaborative Projects
January 2012 PHO Connections/Connexions SPO
January 2012 Student Placement, Education and Preceptorship (SPEP) Network tools and resources
January 2012 Public Health Ontario assumes responsibility for additional immunization and vaccine-preventable disease functions
January 2012 Call for member-at-large: PHO Board Strategic Planning Standing Committee
January 2012 Call for directors - Public Health Ontario Board of Directors 

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