Residential Care Facilities

Residential Care Facilities -

COVID-19: Normalising Access in Long Term Residential Care Facilities (LTRCFs) V1.4 as at 31.01.22 has been retired. Please use the residential care facility guidance available below.

This guidance document Guidance for Registered Nurses performing sampling for COVID-19 in Residential Care Facilities has been archived; videos demonstrating sample collection techniques are available at this link.

Public Health and Infection Prevention and Control guidance on the prevention and management of cases and outbreaks of respiratory viral infections in Residential Care Facilities

File Size: (677kb)
Publication Date: 21 August 2024

Guidance on testing for Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) in Residential Care Facilities (RCF) - Winter 2023/2024

File Size: (378kB)
Publication Date: 13 November 2023

Algorithm: Guidance on testing for Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) in Residential Care Facilities (RCF) Winter 2023/2024

File Size: (149 KB)
Publication Date: 06 November 2023

Infection Control Guiding Principles for Buildings Acute Hospitals and Community Settings

File Size: (428kB)
Publication Date: 18 July 2023

Research

Analysis of factors associated with outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 in nursing homes in Ireland

File Size: (1.4MB)
Publication Date: 26 May 2021

Self-isolation for people in Residential Care Facilities who have been discharged from hospital

Self-isolation for people in Residential Care Facilities who have been discharged from hospital (4/11/2020)

Sampling for COVID-19 video resources

Collection of a Deep Nasal / Mid turbinate Swab for testing for COVID-19 (19/10/2020)

How to take a nasopharyngeal swab to test for COVID-19 (17/7/2020)

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