BREAKING NEWS: updated guidance from Public Health on COVID-19: infection prevention and control
BREAKING NEWS: updated guidance from Public Health on COVID-19: infection prevention and control
For full details click on link here
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-control
Main changes to previous guidance
The main changes are:
- enhanced PPE recommendations for a wide range of health and social care contexts
- inclusion of individual and organisational risk assessment at local level to inform PPE use
- recommendation of single sessional (extended) use of some PPE items
- re-usable PPE can be used. Advice on suitable decontamination arrangements should be obtained from the manufacturer, supplier or local infection control
- guidance for when case status is unknown and SARS-CoV-2 is circulating at high levels
- recommendation on patient use of facemasks
Below are links to various groups of staff and the PPE required.
1. COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) Updated 2 April 2020
2. Additional considerations, in addition to standard infection prevention and control precautions, where there is sustained transmission of COVID-19, taking into account individual risk assessment for this new and emerging pathogen, NHS and independent sector
3. Recommended PPE for primary, outpatient and community care by setting, NHS and independent sector
4. Recommended PPE for healthcare workers by secondary care inpatient clinical setting, NHS and independent sector