This document provides information about PPE for staff when performing home visits to provide care for patients and service users during the COVID-19 outbreak.  It assumes that no aerosol-generating procedures or home births are being carried out during these visits:

• PPE for Staff on home visits - download document.

The information is for community services including home care, district nursing, specialist condition teams and rehabilitation teams and is based on current Health Protection Scotland guidance (10-4-20) but does not supersede or replace that guidance.  Always consult the latest version of the guidance which is available here:  www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/a-to-z-of-topics/covid-19/

This document was created by NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Public Health and was published on 16 April 2020. It will be updated as required.