Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Queensland clinicians should use this information to keep patients, colleagues and themselves safe and to reduce and rationalise the use of PPE.
- PPE Statement (Statewide Infection Clinical Network) (PDF 697 kB)
This Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Statement details the endorsed Queensland Health Guidelines regarding PPE for the management of COVID-19. - Interim infection prevention and control guidelines for the management of COVID-19 in healthcare settings (PDF 8766 kB) (Source: Queensland Health)
- Appendix 3 – PPE Quick reference guide (PDF 745 kB) (Source: Queensland Health)
- Appendix 5 – Properties of PPE for use in healthcare (Source: Queensland Health)
- Safe fitting and removal of PPE (PDF 7864 kB) (Source: Queensland Health)
- Fit Check for P2/N95 respirator (PDF 1061 kB) (Source: Queensland Health)
- General considerations for conserving personal protective equipment (PPE) (PDF 86 kB) (Source: Queensland Health)
Other
- General practices personal protective equipment (PPE) (PDF 596 kB) (Source: Queensland Health)
- Outpatient areas including medical imaging personal protective equipment (PPE) (PDF 435 kB) (Source: Queensland Health)
- Pathology collection centres personal protective equipment (PPE) (PDF 557 kB) (Source: Queensland Health)
- Interim recommendations for the use of PPE during hospital care of people with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Source: Australian Government)
- PPE demonstration videos for standard, contact, droplet and airborne precautions (Source: Tasmanian Government Department of Health)
Information for consumers, including current advice on the number of confirmed cases in Queensland, can be found at COVID-19 coronavirus information for Queenslanders.
Last updated: 27 May 2020
