During the COVID19 pandemic, we have followed government guidelines to support care teams delivering AGPS’s, safeguarding client and ensuring staff safety by ‘FIT testing’.

An aerosol generating procedure (AGP) is a medical procedure that can result in the release of airborne particles (aerosols) from the respiratory tract when treating someone who is suspected or known to be suffering from an infectious agent transmitted wholly or partly by the airborne or droplet route. Public Health England (PHE) updated April 2021 GOV.uk

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-control/covid-19-infection-prevention-and-control-guidance-aerosol-generating-procedures