COVID-19 Putting on and taking off PPE – a guide for care homes

Advice to those working in care homes on how to work safely during this period of sustained transmission of COVID-19.

The guidance includes:

· a flowchart for care workers providing care to residents to identify whether there is a need for personal protective equipment (PPE)
· PPE recommendations for care home staff
· frequently asked questions on the use of PPE in care homes
· examples which help to identify the correct use of PPE when undertaking activities that require physical contact or activities which do not require physical contact but are carried out in close proximity to residents

[victoriatoby]

This PPE is a very important guidelines to my job tasks at work.

[Swaggy_Alissa]

I'm here because Avante required me to watch this video 👍

[leshare]

My nurse training has this slightly different in that the apron is removed and used to enclose all other PPE so that no contaminated surfaces are touched as everything is enclosed within the apron so i guess this has changed for the current crisis

[Jebe_Scotlandiaries]

Very informative & everything was explained in a very simple & best way. 👏

[msstunnerz]

WATCHED, BUT ALOT OF THIS WAS IN SOME OF THE MODULES WE COMPLETED.

[shirrelroy]

Very informative and easy for everyone to understand. thank you

[chrishargreaves]

Who devised these steps? Because I find it rather illogical to take off my gloves and expose my hands to a potentially soiled apron, when god knows what could gage splashed on it.

[mimiallen]

Am also here because Shanice wants me to learn

[milgins]

Where the PPE should be stored? In the care home where i work it is stored in the bathrooms of the residents' rooms.

[xyphos]

Have you got any guidelines on how to organise a pissup in a brewery?

[Emma-vxbs]

All this is very scary for my dementia residents I care for and communication is difficult be must done though I know

[manjurai]

How many times should a mask be changed when one is working 12 hrs long shift please??

[nicoletastoica]

The steps of removal...they are illogical. Gloves should be removed last. Apron first. Take off face shield or gogles. Remove gloves, clean and desinfect hands.
What a bunch of nonsense. And we are bound to follow these rules.