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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

3. Activity: Risk Assessment for the selection of PPE

Try carrying out a risk assessment on the 3 tasks in the table below. Drag a tick if you think the type of PPE is required or a cross if you think it is not, into each table cell below.

Apron

Task / situation

Contact with body fluid is not expected. E.g. undertaking vital signs in a non COVID-19 positive patient.

Disposable apron/gown

  • Not Required


  • Not Required
  • Not Required
  • Not Required
  • Required
  • Required
  • Required
  • Not Required
  • Required
  • Required
 
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