Summary of mask use guidance for health and disability care workers Infection prevention and control practices in health and disability care settings Use the Infection Prevention and Control guidance for personal protective equipment (PPE) selection and risk assessment advice on this page to help you choose the correct PPE to wear for the task you need to undertake.This includes prompt assessment and isolation of anyone who has a transmissible respiratory infection. Mask wearing by all healthcare employees remains one of many important infection prevention and control (IPC) measures. This guidance below informs healthcare facilities of the minimum recommendations for mask use in healthcare facilities. Healthcare workers are recommended to wear a medical mask as a minimum when working in a patient or public-facing role and/or in a clinical zone or a public facing area.Healthcare providers can make their own requirements for healthcare workers. Patient/resident rooms where care is being delivered in home-based or residential care settings.a public facing area within a clinical zone including waiting areas, reception areas, and transit areas between clinical zones.an area where a healthcare worker is providing care, assessment, expertise or therapy to a patient/client.Healthcare workers are required to wear a P2/N95 particulate respirator when providing care to patients/clients/residents with confirmed or clinically suspected COVID-19 infection or when working in a COVID-19 treatment or assessment zone.This includes both clinical and non-clinical support workers if they are working in a clinical zone or public facing area of a healthcare facility. In general, healthcare workers working in non-clinical zones are not required to wear a medical mask, although mask wearing is encouraged, where possible, in shared spaces.

If there are local requirements, they should be followed. People should remain respectful of colleagues.areas which are not patient/client/public facing within the healthcare settings listed below. These include administrative areas and offices, workspaces, dispensaries, laboratories, meeting rooms and other shared spaces provided these do not form part of a clinical zone.View further details in mask wearing guidance in healthcare settings. PPE guidance for primary and community health and disability care workers See below for further detailed PPE guidance.įor community guidance, visit COVID-19: Use of face masks in the community and the Unite Against COVID-19 website. This advice is for all health care workers in the following settings: This guide assists primary and community health and disability care workers (HCW) in selecting the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) following a risk assessment for acute respiratory infections (ARI), including COVID-19. PPE is considered as part of Standard Precautions which are a set of IPC measures required for all healthcare interactions. A risk assessment is required BEFORE every interaction, and/or every session, with a patient/client or resident by the HCW.

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