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Scope of this guidance
This guidance is to support those working in social, community and residential care settings to give advice to their staff and users of their services about COVID-19. It does not cover care home settings, as there is separate guidance for adult care home settings.
Outbreak control checklist
This outbreak control checklist is for the control of incidents and outbreaks in social, community and residential care settings.
This is specific for COVID-19 and should be used accordingly, following the general advice provided in the guidance.
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidance for social, community and residential care settings
For IPC in social, community and residential care settings, see the winter (21/22), respiratory infections in health and care settings IPC addendum, produced by ARHAI Scotland, our national partner organisation for IPC.
Notes
Guidance for community respite services registered as care homes should refer to information and guidance for care home settings (adult and older people) version 2.7.
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