Hi all,

Hope everyone is safe and well.

A quick query, how many days do staff working in swabbing centres in the community have to wait before they can safely return to different clinical duties?

Management thought the staff must have left the swabbing centre for 7 days before returning to other clinical duties?

I am not personally working in…[Read more]

Hi All,
I am currently in the community and am looking at formulating a policy for the return of unused unopened items from the domiciliary setting that are no longer in use and for use with someone else.
For example, enteral feeding, e.g. giving sets, syringes and also for Vac supplies. Are only fully sealed unopened boxes suitable for reuse or…[Read more]

Hi all,

I am completing my post grad diploma in IPC in RCSI and work as a community RGN in south Kildare. I am hoping that in the future I will be employed as an IPCN in the community. I was wondering if it would be possible for me to spend a day or two with an IPCN working in the community in the same setting to gain knowledge ?

Many…[Read more]