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Using Personal Protective Protective Equipment (PPE
When going within 2 metres of a patient If your role requires you to engage in close proximity with patients, you The Charity Bulletin must follow the following guidance:
1. Put on apron and gloves. These should be changed between patients. Hands must be washed with soap and water after removal of gloves. You must change gloves after patient contact. You can keep your mask on unless you have touched the front of it with your hands or if a patient has touched it; then you should change it.
2. Volunteers should not go into side rooms. As a volunteer, you should not be asked to go into a side room, however, if you are, please decline. Volunteers are only permitted to support ‘low-risk COVID-19’ wards. Volunteers are not permitted in areas where there are suspected or conrmed cases of COVID-19. Always check with the nurses’ station or your local manager prior to beginning your shift.
When you leave the ward or clinical department for a break or at the end of your shift:
Take off all PPE in the correct order as instructed and wash your hands thoroughly. Always dispose of any PPE into orange Clinical Waste bins only.
