COVID-19: infection prevention and control - PHE

Post by **Waterbaby** » Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:50 am

Published 10 January 2020
Last updated 2 April 2020
From: Public Health England

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... nd-control

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

WB

molly! · Post by **molly!** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:28 am

can some please help me - my company cannot find any hand sanitiser - can we use antibacterial wipes instead?

molly! · Post by **molly!** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:30 am

Hi there everyone

Can you pleas help me - I was wondering if you can use antibacterial wipes instead of hand sanitises at work as we cannot find any anywhere

Ewangoil · Post by **Ewangoil** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:31 am

molly!. Does your company actually need sanitiser? Regular hand washing is more effective. Sanitiser should only be used where you have no access to soap and water

Ewangoil · Post by **Ewangoil** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:36 am

molly! wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:30 am Hi there everyone

Can you pleas help me - I was wondering if you can use antibacterial wipes instead of hand sanitises at work as we cannot find any anywhere

It depends on what they are to be used for? Wipes have the potential for just spreading the virus across surfaces. They also have to be alcohol based to be effective. I believe wipes have to have a 40% alcohol content to be effective.