Healthy Places & Organizations

Whether you're dropping kids at daycare or school, heading to work, getting a haircut, dining out, or chilling at the beach or public pool, feel secure knowing Lambton Public Health works to create safe, healthy spaces that benefit everyone.

Healthy Workplaces

Workplace health is more than preventing illness and injury. A healthy workplace engages, improves and supports efforts to improve the physical, mental and emotional health of all employees and the organization.

Group of office workers doing stretches

How to create a healthy workplace:

Physical Health in Workplaces
Social Health & Relationships in Workplaces
Mental Health in Workplaces
Comply with SFOA, 2017

What we do:

Work with Community Partners
Inspect Food, Personal Service & Other Settings
Enforce Smoke-Free Laws
Kitchen worker washes vegetables in sink

Restaurants & Food Premises

Lambton Public Health supports a food-safe community by working with the community to ensure food sold or offered to the public is handled, prepared and served properly and is safe to consume. Staff inspect food premises, follow-up on confirmed/suspected food-borne illness and provide food handling education.

What Food Premises Must Do:

Pass a Public Health Inspection Before Opening
Be Aware of Food Recalls
Comply with SFOA, 2017
Follow Requirements Including Routine Inspections
Apply in Advance for All Special Events

What we do:

Inspect Food Premises (DineSafe)
Investigate Outbreaks of Food-Borne Illness
Support Workplace Health
Food Handler Certification Training
Investigate Complaints Related to Food Premises

Personal Service Settings

Inspection, education and enforcement of all Personal Service Settings in Lambton County helps to reduce the potential risk of spreading infectious diseases to clients and staff.

Working on nails in salon

What Personal Service Settings Must Do:

Pass a Public Health Inspection Before Opening
Apply in Advance for All Special Events
Follow All Requirements, Including Routine Inspections
Comply with SFOA, 2017

What we do:

Inspect Personal Service Settings
Support Workplace Health
Investigate Outbreaks and Complaints
water testing for pools

Pools & Recreational Water Facilities

Recreational use of water benefits the health and well-being of community residents. It’s important the water and the facilities are safe to use, to reduce the risk of drowning, injury and infectious diseases.

What pools & recreational water facilities must do:

Pass a Public Health Inspection Before Opening
Comply with SFOA, 2017
Follow All Requirements, Including Routine Inspections

What we do:

Inspect Recreational Water Facilities & Beaches
Promote Water Safety
Investigate Outbreaks and Complaints

Schools

Working with schools and school boards, our team of health-care professionals strives to enable every school to be a place of positive health and well-being.

Group of high school students eating lunch

What schools can do to promote health:

Comprehensive School Health
Schools as Community Partners
Schools as Workplaces
Comply with SFOA, 2017

What we do:

School Immunizations
Vision Screening
School Clinics (e.g. Sexual Health)
Work with School Boards to Implement Health Programs
Dental Screening
Teaching (e,g, Healthy Relationships)
Enforce Smoke-Free Laws
Toddler washing hands at daycare

Daycares

Lambton Public Health inspects all licensed child care and Early Years facilities in our community to ensure the health of your child is protected against infections and illness.

What daycare facilities must do:

Permit Routine Inspections
Comply with SFOA, 2017
Follow All Requirements from Public Health

What we do:

Inspect Daycares
Support Workplace Health
Investigate Outbreaks and Complaints