RSV Information for Healthcare Providers
Resources for healthcare providers
Ontario Ministry of Health website: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) prevention programs
Poster for clinics and offices:
- Breathe Easy. Protect Little Lungs from RSV (11 x 17 in. poster) (Eastern Ontario Health Unit)
- Breathe Easy. Protect Little Lungs from RSV (8.5 x 11 in. poster) (Eastern Ontario Health Unit)
Fact sheets:
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines: Canadian Immunization Guide
- Protecting Infants and High-Risk Children during RSV Season (Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health)
Educational resources:
- Video: Recent Advances in the Prevention of RSV Disease in Infants: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals (by Dr. Paul Roumeliotis and Immunize Canada)
- 2025-2026 RSV Prevention Program for infants in Ontario (Centre for Effective Practice)
- Infant RSV Prophylaxis Virtual Simulation Game (Praxus Health in partnership with the University of Calgary, Alberta Health Services and CAN-Sim) – Training module aimed at supporting HCP's confidence and capability to hold effective immunization conversations with patients around new infant RSV monoclonal antibody medication
Order form:
Resources for sharing with patients
Websites:
- www.EOHU.ca/RSV
- www.Ontario.ca/RSV
- What Parents Need to Know About RSV – Praxus Health
Fact sheets:
- Preventing Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Infants: Fact Sheet for Parents, Expectant Parents and Caregivers (Eastern Ontario Health Unit)
- RSV Immunity fact sheet
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) fact sheet for vaccine recipients
- Protecting your child from RSV (Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health)
Videos:
- Preventing Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Newborns and Infants (series of short explainer videos by Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, Medical Officer of Health and Pediatrician)
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in young children: A guide for parents and caregivers (by Dr. Paul Roumeliotis and Immunize Canada)
