Residential Care Facilities

COVID-19: Normalising Access in Long Term Residential Care Facilities (LTRCFs) V1.4 as at 31.01.22 has been retired. Please use the residential care facility guidance available below.

This guidance document Guidance for Registered Nurses performing sampling for COVID-19 in Residential Care Facilities has been archived; videos demonstrating sample collection techniques are available at this link.

Public Health & Infection Prevention & Control Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Cases and Outbreaks of COVID-19, Influenza & other Respiratory Infections in Residential Care Facilities at 17.07.2023

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Publication Date: 12 July 2023

Guidance on provision of day services for older people in the context of COVID-19 vaccination programme

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Publication Date: 01 August 2023

Guidance on testing for Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) in Residential Care Facilities (RCF) - Winter 2022/2023

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Publication Date: 17 November 2022

Algorithm: Guidance on testing for Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) in Residential Care Facilities (RCF) Winter 2022/2023

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Publication Date: 13 January 2023

Infection Control Guiding Principles for Buildings Acute Hospitals and Community Settings

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Publication Date: 18 July 2023

Research

Analysis of factors associated with outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 in nursing homes in Ireland

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Publication Date: 26 May 2021

Self-isolation for people in Residential Care Facilities who have been discharged from hospital

Self-isolation for people in Residential Care Facilities who have been discharged from hospital (4/11/2020)

Sampling for COVID-19 video resources

Collection of a Deep Nasal / Mid turbinate Swab for testing for COVID-19 (19/10/2020)

How to take a nasopharyngeal swab to test for COVID-19 (17/7/2020)

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