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Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Infectious Diseases Protocol Appendix B: Provincial case Definitions for Diseases of Public Health Significance Disease: respiratory I nfection Outbreaks in Institutions and Public Hospitals Effective: May 2018 Health and Long-Term Care 2 Disease Provincial Reporting Confirmed outbreaks Type of Surveillance Outbreak summary data case Classification Confirmed Outbreak definition * Confirmed respiratory infection outbreak: Two cases of acute respiratory infections (ARI) within 48 hours with any common epidemiological link ( , unit, floor), at least one of which must be laboratory-confirmed; OR Three cases of ARI (laboratory confirmation not necessary) occurring within 48 hours with any common epidemiological link ( , unit, floor); Suspect Outbreak definition * Suspect respiratory infection outbreak: Two cases of ARI occurring within 48 hours with any common epidemiological link ( , unit, floor); OR One laboratory-confirmed case of influenza * definition caveats for public hospitals: Cases refer to health care-associated cases If rapid testing is conducted on all cases, the confirmed outbreak definition would apply if two cases have the same respiratory pathogen Laboratory Evidence Laboratory Confirmatio
• Two cases of acute respiratory infections (ARI) within 48 hours with any common epidemiological link (e.g., unit, floor), at least one of which must be laboratory-
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