Question reference: S5W-28616
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 21 April 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many vulnerable people received personal care from a worker not wearing a protective mask before the four nations personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance in response to the COVID-19 outbreak was updated on 2 April 2020 to allow individual self-assessment of risk.
Answer
This information is not collated at a national level. Prior to the national PPE guidance being issued on 2 April, guidance on the use of PPE was included in the Health Protection Scotland infection control guidance for Social or Community Care and Residential Settings, this was first published in March, and in Scottish Government clinical and practice guidance first published on 13 March and updated on 26 March and 15 May.