To inform guidance development by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre and decision-making by the National Public Health Emergency Team, the Health Information and Quality Authority is undertaking an ongoing rapid review of guidance for residential care facilities in the context of Covid-19.
This version of the review takes a different approach and directly compares current guidance in Ireland with international guidance. The purpose of this approach is to capture any innovative or enhanced protective measures which may be in use internationally, but which are not currently featured in Irish guidance.
The findings of the review are summarised under the following themes: vaccines, testing, screening, monitoring, isolation, cohorting, physical distancing, visitation, PPE, environmental cleaning and disinfection, immunisation, providing care for non-Covid-19 cases, caring for the recently deceased and governance and leadership.
Rapid review of public health guidance for residential care facilities in the context of Covid-19. (17 February 2021). Dublin, Health Information and Quality Authority, 2021, 76 p.
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