Identification and Use of Personal Protective Equipment in the Clinical Setting Policy

MP 0172/22 - Identification and Use of Personal Protective Equipment in the Clinical Setting Policy (pdf 143KB)

Applicable to: This Policy is applicable to all Health Service Providers.

Description: The Identification and Use of Personal Protective Equipment in the Clinical Setting Policy sets out the requirements for a respiratory protection program and the appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE). This will assist in the prevention of patient to patient or patient to staff transmission of infectious respiratory diseases, including the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) in Western Australian healthcare facilities.

The use of PPE is only effective when used in conjunction with other infection prevention strategies as described in the Policy Requirements at section 3.

The advice contained in this Policy, has been modified over time to adapt to the emergence of data on transmissibility and the advent of more highly transmissible variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and to allow for adoption of these requirements for other infections transmitted via the respiratory route.

This Policy is a mandatory requirement under the Public Health Policy Framework pursuant to section 26(2)(c) of the Health Services Act 2016.

This Policy supersedes MP 0133/20 Identification and Use of Personal Protective Equipment in the Clinical Setting During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Policy.

Date of effect: 05 August 2022

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