Policy Updates

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Policy and Procedure #5

COVID-19 Hub Health and Safety COVID-19 Region: | Reference: WHS16

This policy provides updated information on when PPE must be worn in a home care setting. It has been updated in line with the newly released guide from the UK Government/Public Health England ‘PPE – resource for care workers delivering home care during sustained COVID-19 transmission in the UK’. In addition to policy updates, two procedural points have been added and they include:

Disposing of PPE
Re-usable PPE
References have also been updated and the additional guide and some Further Reading resources added.