Dr David Farren

MB BCh BAO MSc MRCP FRCPath, Consultant in Microbiology and Infection Control

Louise Sands

GPNI / NIMDTA / QUB / Sessional GP

Presentation Resources

Presentation Slides

Further Resources

Kampf decontamination paper ( Advice regarding disinfectants ) – https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/fulltext
 
International Forum for Home Hygiene (Practical COVID advice for cleaning homes, some of which is patient friendly) – https://www.ifh-homehygiene.org
 
CDC guidance on risk from groceries, food etc. (American Source but relevant advice ) – https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/food-and-COVID-19.html
 
WHO guidance for public, with some good infographics – https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
 
PHE guidance on staying at home / self-isolation (Practical advice on home hygiene) – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance
 
PHE guidance on managing patient or staff exposures (designed for hospital settings but would be applicable to a degree in the absence of specific primary care guidance) – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-management-of-exposed-healthcare-workers-and-patients-in-hospital-settings
 
 
PHE Infection Control Guidance (lots of useful stuff here and constantly updated) – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-control
 
Paper on the role of T cell immunity (note, not published or peer reviewed yet but gives some idea of one current theory) – https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.29.174888v1