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We primarily support the staff of social welfare and health care institutions in the Wellbeing Services County of Ostrobothnia welfare region and private service providers in the region in various issues related to hygiene and infection control, epidemics and multidrug resistant microbes in order to promote patient/client safety and staff safety at work. We create guidelines for staff and train them. 

Responsibility areas and contact information

We work during office hours on weekdays, and we are best reachable between 8am and 3pm. 

Our e-mail addresses are in form firstname.lastname@ovph.fi 


Contact person Infection prevention and control nurse Chatrine Heimdahl
tel. 050 501 8891 Mon-Fri

Kruunupyy, Luoto, Pietarsaari, Pedersöre, Uusikaarlepyy, (Vöyri) 
Health and welfare centre services, general medicine departments, home and residential care, home hospital, psychosocial services, rehabilitation services, outpatient clinics of the Pietarsaari Specialist Hospital and Pietarsaari Dialysis, including units of private service providers in these municipalities

Contact person 1.4-30.4.2026 Deputy Infection prevention and control nurse Katja Hautamäki
tel. 040 539 0712 (Thu 8-15, Fri 8-14)

Vöyri

Infection prevention and control nurse Anna Nordman
tel. 040 161 8289

Vaasa and Laihia services (not general medicine departments)
health and welfare centre services, doctor’s and nurse’s appointments, child and maternity welfare clinics, dental health care, school health care, home and residential care, psychosocial services, rehabilitation services

Mustasaari (not general medicine department)
Home and residential care, psychosocial services

Maalahti and Korsnäs (not general medicine department)
Home and residential care, psychosocial services

Närpiö (not general medicine department)
Home and residential care, psychosocial services

Kristiinankaupunki
Home and residential care, psychosocial services

Kaskinen
Home care and services in Kaskinen

Including units of private service providers in these municipalities.

Contact person infection prevention and control nurse Elina Välivainio
tel. 044 323 2405

Vaasa Central Hospital specialised medical care 
Internal medicine, neurology, cancer and haematology (H6, Y1A, Y1B), outpatient clinics and day ward for internal medicine, neurology, cancer, radiotherapy, pulmonary and dermatology, accident and emergency department (A & E) at Vaasa central hospital, dialysis (Vaasa, Närpiö), clinical neurophysiology and nuclear medicine, cardiac unit, surgical unit (H2) and respiratory paralysis patients, psychosocial services (psychiatric outpatient clinic H3, including child and adolescent outpatient clinics and wards H7, H8), emergency care (entire ÖVPH), Fimlab contact person

Vaasa
General medicine departments 1, 2, and palliative ward, home hospital 

Närpiö
General medicine department, health and welfare centre services, doctor’s and nurse’s appointments, dialysis and home hospital 

Contact person infection prevention and control nurse Marja Leppälä
tel. 040 157 9499

Vaasa Central Hospital specialised medical care
Surgical wards 1-3 (H4), preoperative outpatient clinic, operating theatres, day surgery, paediatrics and paediatric neurology, gynaecology and obstetrics, intensive care unit, intensive rehabilitation (H5), ear, nose and throat, oral and maxillofacial surgery, ophthalmology, surgical outpatient clinic (H1, H2), endoscopic unit (H2), equipment maintenance unit, pharmacy, X-ray, physiotherapy, occupational therapy

Mustasaari 
General medicine department, health and welfare centre services, doctor’s and nurse’s appointments, child welfare and maternity clinics, dental health care, school health care

Maalahti and Korsnäs 
general medicine department, health and welfare centre services, doctor’s and nurse’s appointments, child welfare and maternity clinics, dental health care, school health care

Närpiö 
child welfare and maternity clinics, dental health care, school health care

Kristiinankaupunki
child welfare and maternity clinics, dental health care, school health care