Guidelines for Wearing Personal Protective Equipment During Home Visits
At Circle of Care, we require for all our Personal Support Workers and Homemakers to wear medical masks during all home visits. They are also required to wear additional Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) if they are within an environment that has been exposed to identified infectious diseases. We also insist that staff, clients, and families self assess and self identify if they are experiencing ANY symptomatology prior to home visits.
Guidelines for additional infection protection:
Our Personal Support Workers have been trained on a number of measures to reduce the transmission and spread of respiratory infections. These measures include hand and respiratory hygiene, self-monitoring and assessment, and social distancing. Our Personal Support Workers have also been trained on the proper use of both surgical masks and gloves during home visits (i.e, disposal, frequency of use).
