
It is left to healthcare organisations to “choose [whether or not] to advise their clinical staff to wear FFP3 respirators, gowns, eye protection and gloves when performing chest compressions.”
The Mail on Sunday alleges today that some doctors have faced disciplinary action for administering CPR without putting PPE on first.
Marcus Fysh, a Conservative MP, commented: “If everyone’s vaccinated among hospital staff anyway, then it isn’t a material risk to those staff in any sense to be interacting with a patient who has Covid.
“That’s what the statistics tell us.