The UK‘s public health bodies and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges have published new guidance about personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS teams in all parts of the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new guidance recommends that clinicians should assess the risk of infection to themselves and their patients. If they decide there is an infection risk, then for the direct care or assessment (within two metres) of a patient who is not a possible or confirmed COVID-19 case, they should wear gloves and an apron, and consider wearing a surgical mask and eye or face protection.
