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Personal protective equipment, known as PPE, is part of the infection prevention and control (IPC) standard precautions used to break the chain of infection and reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms from one person to another.
Read the illustrated guide to personal protective equipment on ClinicalSkills.net here:
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During the Covid 19 pandemic the use of PPE has increased and the choice and use of PPE will change according to the risk the patient presents. Read the illustrated guide to PPE during Covid 19 on ClinicalSkills.net here:
PPE During the Covid 19 Pandemic
PLEASE ENSURE WHEN YOU ARE ON PLACEMENT THAT YOU FOLLOW THE INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTOL POLICY IN THE TRUST YOU ARE WORKING IN. YOU MUST BE FIT TESTED FOR AN FFP3 MASK IN A FACE TO FACE SESSION WHILST ON PLACEMENT.
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Watch the following videos from NHS England and Public Health England which outline the correct procedures for donning (putting on) and doffing (removing) PPE during the Covid-19 Pandemic (both in an acute hospital setting [top] and in a health and social care setting [bottom]):
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Click on the button below to navigate to the 'Take a Test' area of ClinicalSkills.net. Please make sure you're logged into ClinicalSkills.net already, otherwise you may not be able to open and take the test. Once you have reached the 'Take a Test' area, select 'Standard Tests' and then click on the test called 'Infection Control Measures' to begin. You will need to score 80% or more to pass. Make sure you've read the ClinicalSkills.net procedure thoroughly before taking the test as many of the answers will be found within there!
Other Materials
Other Materials
COVID-19 infection prevention and control guidance: care pathways - GOV.UK
COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) hub - GOV.UK
www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe.
Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures (9th Edition): Page xciv - xcix
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Next review: August 2023
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