Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Information

Click here for the Government PPE Strategy (September 2020)

Latest PPE Guidance for domiciliary care (July 2020): Domiciliary_guidance_v4_20_Jul

Latest PPE Guidance for care homes (July 2020): How_to_work_safely_in_care_homes_v5_20_July

Disposal of defunct masks: Cardinal-Type-IIR-Face-Masks-ICA-FINAL-CLEARED

This guidance outlines the infection prevention and control advice for health and social care providers involved in receiving, assessing and caring for patients who are a possible or confirmed case of COVID-19. It should be used in conjunction with this local policy (updated 12 June 2020):

LA PPE Guidance for Staff Issue 5 V45 11.6.20 FINAL

On 2 April 2020, the main changes to previous guidance are:

enhanced PPE recommendations for a wide range of health and social care contexts
inclusion of individual and organisational risk assessment at local level to inform PPE use
recommendation of single sessional (extended) use of some PPE items
re-usable PPE can be used. Advice on suitable decontamination arrangements should be obtained from the manufacturer, supplier or local infection control
guidance for when case status is unknown and SARS-CoV-2 is circulating at high levels
recommendation on patient use of facemasks

The guidance is issued jointly by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Public Health Wales (PHW), Public Health Agency (PHA) Northern Ireland, Health Protection Scotland (HPS), Public Health England and NHS England as official guidance.

Whilst this guidance seeks to ensure a consistent and resilient UK wide approach, some differences in operational details and organisational responsibilities may apply in Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland.

Refer to personal protective equipment use for aerosol generating procedures

Refer to personal protective equipment use for non-aerosol generating procedures

Updated Guidance on PPE 2 April 2020

COVID-19 easy visual guide to PPE poster

Routine decontamination of reusable noninvasive equipment

Best Practice hand wash poster

Below are links to queries that GCPA are receiving in regards to PPE (correct as of 29 March 2020):

Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for pandemic coronavirus

When to use a face mask or FFP3

Putting on PPE for Non-Aerosol Generating Procedures quick guide

Taking off PPE for Non-Aerosol Generating Procedures - quick guide

View this video for demonstration: https://youtu.be/eANIs-Jdi2s

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To order PPE from National Disruption Service following the instructions below:

NHS Supply Chain is introducing 2 PPE fulfilment pathways as follows:

Main Acute Trusts will have palletised deliveries from Tuesday 31 March
Community customers (GP Practices, Community Pharmacies, Care Homes, Hospices etc) will have access to an e-commerce solution and should register on this portal once developed for PPE supplies. All stock will be delivered by the Royal Mail from 6 April in the meantime urgent order requirements should be flagged via National Supply Disruption Response team (NSDR). The NSDR team can issue customers with a prepacked kit of PPE (100 gloves, masks, aprons etc)

NOTE: Customers requesting pre-packed emergency PPE kits must be able to receive packs even outside of normal business hours

NSDR contact information is as follows:

For all non-NHS Supply Chain customers (primary care, adult social care, dental urgent care, others) the route after exhausting normal supply routes is via:

The National Supply Disruption line
Tel: 0800 915 9964 or 0191 283 6543
Email: supplydisruptionservice@nhsbsa.nhs.uk

Please see the documents below in respect of potential fraud attempts targeting the care sector and local authorities. This one deals with a scam supplier of PPE which works on the premise that to get the good price you need to act quickly:

PPE Supplier Fraud

This one deals with common frauds that are being seen within the care sector and provides counter fraud guidance:

COVID19 Care Sector Counter Fraud Guidance