COVID-19: Aerosol Generating Procedures (Guidelines)
TAM (Treatments and Medicines) NHS Highland
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For COVID-19 risk assessment:
In making this judgement the clinician should be aware of the varied presentation of COVID-19 and take account of:
- Local epidemiology
COVID-19 tests required for risk assessment:
- All patients also to be swabbed on admission to SHDU
Repeat risk assessment and testing:
- If AGP still required then routinely repeat SARS-CoV-2 tests at days 2, 5, and every 5 days thereafter, days counted from date of admission to high dependency or ITU.
- Aerosol generating procedures: Click here
- COVID-19 risk assessment to allow patients to receive aerosol generating procedure with droplet precaution: Click here
- National infection prevention control manual Appendix 17