Coronavirus Information For Employers

Testing

• Who to call re testing in NHS https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-guidance-for-clinical-diagnostic-laboratories/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-who-to-call-to-request-laboratory-testing
• Gov UK –https://www.gov.uk/guidance/guidance-on-coronavirus-covid-19-tests-and-testing-kits
• FOM position –https://www.fom.ac.uk/general-news/covid-19-information-sheet-03-04-2020
• Scientific Articles
• https://reaction.life/coronavirus-testing-how-it-works-questions-answered/
• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-how-antibody-blood-tests-work

PPE

• WHO: Rational use of PPE for Coronavirus disease 19 March 2020 – https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331498/WHO-2019-nCoV-IPCPPE_use-2020.2-eng.pdf
• Correct procedure for donning PPE – YouTube – https://youtu.be/pAuoEBoMxvs
• Posters and video guide for hospital staff regarding PPE: – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-use-for-aerosol-generating-procedures
• PPE, guide for hospital staff (for Aerosol Generating Procedures): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKz_vNGsNhc
• Gov: Infection control and when to use PPE, donning & removing PPE – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-control

Infection prevention and control

1. COVID-19: infection prevention and control (IPC)
   • 12 April 2020
   • Guidance
2. COVID-19: personal protective equipment use for aerosol generating procedures
   • 10 April 2020
   • Guidance
3. COVID-19: personal protective equipment use for non-aerosol generating procedures
   • 8 April 2020
   • Guidance

• HSE – https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/874411/When_to_use_face_mask_or_FFP3.pdf
• Fit testing https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg479.pdf
• Using disposable respirators https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/disposable-respirator.pdf 

GUIDANCE ON RE-USE OF PPE IN EMERGENCY SITUATION

• https://www.n95decon.org/publications
• Https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ppe-strategy/decontamination-reuse-respirators.html
• https://www.nebraskamed.com/for-providers/covid19
• https://www.safety.duke.edu/sites/default/files/N-95_VHP-Decon-Re-Use.pdf 

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