Comprehensive infection prevention and control guidance for residential care facilities is provided in the document “COVID-19 Interim Public Health, Infection Prevention & Control Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of COVID-19 Cases and Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities”.
Many professionals have indicated that it would support them in applying that guidance to have access to a checklist that highlights key points relevant to Residential Care Facilities to support them in the prevention and management of outbreaks. This checklist is intended to respond to that requirement.
It is relevant to residential care facilities for older people, other facilities providing similar levels of care for older people and to facilities providing residential care for other groups of people. It is not comprehensive in relation to all measures required and it is not intended to replace the detailed guidance provided in “COVID-19 Interim Public Health, Infection Prevention & Control Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of COVID-19 Cases and Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities”.
Infection prevention and control checklist for residential care facilities in the context of Covid 19. Dublin, Health Service Executive, 2021, 6 p.
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