New and Updated Guidance

• COVID-19 IPC Guidance updates for healthcare staff in residential care facilities

• Information sheet for hospital inpatients during a COVID-19 outbreak

• New testing and self-isolation requirements for incoming travellers, including healthcare workers, to Ireland from Great Britain, South Africa and Brazil

• Update to management of close contacts of cases of COVID-19

• Isolation quick guide- applying to adults and children from their 13th birthday

• Isolation quick guide- applying to those aged greater than 3 months and up to 13th birthday

• Cleaning Guidance for use in non-healthcare settings: General cleaning principles, and cleaning guidance when a person with COVID-19 has been in the setting

• Interim Guidance on Infection Prevention and Control for the Health Service Executive 2021

• Biosafety guidance for diagnostic laboratories handling specimens from individuals with possible or confirmed infection with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (CoV-2)

• COVID-19 Guidance on visits to Long Term Residential Care Facilities (LTRCFs)

Last updated: 18th January 2021