Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 November 2020
762. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the policy of Letterkenny University Hospital regarding staff members wearing masks throughout the hospital campus; and if complaints have been received from the public about staff and personnel not wearing masks in the hospital over recent weeks or months. [36501/20]
View answerSaolta Hospital Group advises that Letterkenny University Hospital follows the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) guidance in relation to wearing Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). As of September 2020, healthcare workers have been required to wear a surgical mask when in busy public areas of healthcare facilities, even if they do not expect to be within 2m of another person for 15 minutes or more.
We are advised that Letterkenny University Hospital has not received complaints from the public in relation to staff and personnel not wearing masks in the hospital over recent weeks or months.
