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CDPC - Communicable Disease Manual

Communicable Disease Prevention and Control

Nova Scotia Communicable Disease Manual

Sample Letters

Sample Letter: Exclusion of Employee 

Sample Letter: To Parents of Children Who May Have Been Exposed to a Vaccine Preventable Disease

Sample Letter: Meningococcal Disease – Prophylaxis Recommended

Sample Letter: Meningococcal Disease – Prophylaxis Recommended - French

Sample Letter: Meningococcal Disease Contact – No Prophylaxis

Sample Letter: Meningococcal Disease Contact – No Prophylaxis - French

Sample Letter: Letter to Health Care Provider re: Pertussis

Sample Letter: Letter to Health Care Provider Regarding Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Administration

Sample Letter: Return to Work/Childcare

 Sample Letter: For Use in Childcare Regarding Exclusion

Sample Letter: Contact Public Health

Sample Letter: Lyme Letter for Use in Schools – English

Sample Letter: Lyme Letter for Use in Schools – French

 Sample Letter: For Use with Residents of Blacklegged Tick Areas

Sample Letter: For Use with Residents to Remind of Ticks Late in the Season

 

Communicable Disease Manual

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