Dr David Farren
MB BCh BAO MSc MRCP FRCPath, Consultant in Microbiology and Infection Control
Louise Sands
GPNI / NIMDTA / QUB / Sessional GP
Presentation Resources
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
HSE document about Hierarchy of Controls – https://www.hse.gov.uk/ construction/lwit/assets/ downloads/hierarchy-risk- controls.pdf
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