Seven days in medicine: 17-23 February 2021
BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n517 (Published 25 February 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;372:n517
Covid-19
BMA repeats plea for PPE guidance review
A coalition of more than 20 organisations wrote to the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, to reiterate their call for a review of the current infection prevention and control guidance, which they said “does not accurately depict the airborne risks when sharing health and care settings including working in patients’ homes and public buildings.” The BMA, the Royal College of Nursing, and others also called for better ventilation in all at-risk settings and for data to be collected and published on healthcare workers who have contracted the virus at work, to help identify settings where staff are most affected.
Care homes in England will allow named visitors
Care home residents in England will be able to be visited indoors by a single named individual from 8 March as part of the prime minister’s “road map” to ease lockdown restrictions. Visitors will be allowed repeated contact with the resident but will have to undergo a lateral flow test for covid-19 beforehand, wear personal protective equipment (PPE) during the visit, and avoid close contact. Close contact care will be restricted to visitors who provide assistance such as help with dressing, eating, or washing. These carers will continue to have regular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and observe the same PPE arrangements as staff.
Scotland “failed to learn” from pre-pandemic drill
The …
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