Guidance on supply and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other supplies

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Everything that you need to know on the supply and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other supplies.

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Update on how the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and cross-government colleagues are seeking to distribute supplies, including PPE and a number of clinical and non-clinical consumables, distributed where they are most needed throughout the country.

Letter from Jonathan Marron and Emily Lawson

Published 1 May 2020.

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The Health and Safety Executive has agreed the use of disposable coveralls as an equivalent alternative to non-surgical disposable gowns for the same indications as recently published in PPE Guidance on 6 April.

Letter from Professor Keith Willett, Strategic Incident Director COVID-19, NHS England and NHS Improvement and Professor Yvonne Doyle, Medical Director and Director of Health Protection, Public Health England.

Published 10 April 2020.

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Document about how to help prevent facial skin damage beneath tight fitting face piece respirators (FFP 2 and 3 masks)

Version 4 Updated October 2020.

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Government guidance about personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS teams who are likely to come into contact with patients with coronavirus. Please refer to this guidance now.

Updated 24 November 2021.

Summary

Update on how the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and cross-government colleagues are seeking to distribute supplies, including PPE and a number of clinical and non-clinical consumables, distributed where they are most needed throughout the country.

Letter from Jonathan Marron and Emily Lawson

Published 1 May 2020.

Summary

The Health and Safety Executive has agreed the use of disposable coveralls as an equivalent alternative to non-surgical disposable gowns for the same indications as recently published in PPE Guidance on 6 April.

Letter from Professor Keith Willett, Strategic Incident Director COVID-19, NHS England and NHS Improvement and Professor Yvonne Doyle, Medical Director and Director of Health Protection, Public Health England.

Published 10 April 2020.

Summary

Document about how to help prevent facial skin damage beneath tight fitting face piece respirators (FFP 2 and 3 masks)

Version 4 Updated October 2020.