This guidance outlines the infection prevention and control advice for health and social care providers involved in receiving, assessing and caring for patients who are a possible or confirmed case of COVID-19. It should be used in conjunction with local policies.

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

Read the guidance here.