This guidance has been developed to support community based healthcare workers to take the best possible Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures to protect both the vulnerable people they care for and themselves from acquiring COVID-19. The guidance is also relevant to those who plan for and manage the delivery of these services (managers and co-ordinators) and gives them advice on the planning for delivery of healthcare/personal care in the home, including the references to many training materials that can be used to support staff education and training.
The guide includes recommendations on how to prepare the visit and how to act during and after the visit. Il also includes information on hand and respiratory hygiene, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), uniforms/ personal clothing of healthcare workers, household hygiene, laundry and equipment.
There is a section dedicated to the requirements to be met for planned home visits to a patient with suspect or confirmed COVID-19, which includes guidance on completion of National New born Bloodspot Screening.
COVID-19 infection prevention and control guidance for health and social care workers who visit homes to deliver healthcare. V2.2 21.09.2020. Dublin, Health Protection Surveillance Centre, 2020, 21 p.
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