COVID-19: Guidance documents

Planning

• Planning guidance for administration of COVID-19 vaccines

Storage, handling and transportation

• National vaccine storage, handling and transportation guidelines for ultra-low temperature and frozen temperature COVID-19 vaccines

Vaccine safety and side effects

• Reporting ocular adverse events following COVID‐19 vaccination: Communiqué to healthcare professionals (May 30, 2022)
• Reports of myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination: Communiqué to health practitioners (June 3, 2021)

Antigen

• Guidance on the use of rapid antigen detection tests for the identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection

PCR

• Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and cycle threshold (Ct) values in COVID-19 testing
• Guidance for repeated PCR testing in individuals previously positive for COVID-19
• National polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing indication guidance for COVID-19

Screening

• Pan-Canadian COVID-19 testing and screening guidance

Serology

• Requirements for serological antibody tests submitted under the COVID-19 interim order

Vaccination

• Testing for COVID-19 in vaccinated populations

• Archived: Evidence to support safe return to clinical practice by oral health professionals in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A report prepared for the Office of the Chief Dental Officer of Canada