Please help with PPE
The council is appealing for donations of spare supplies of Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, to help protect workers and residents who are in constant essential contact during the coronavirus public health crisis.
With strain on the supply chain to get the equipment necessary for visiting vulnerable people in their own Slough homes, we now have to appeal to the public and businesses for any supplies.
Workers who are required to change the PPE between visits include social workers, carers and staff visiting vulnerable families and children.
In particular the council is looking for
• Glasses/goggles
• Gloves – single use, disposable
• Face Masks – N95, FFP2, FFP3
• Aprons – single use, disposable
• Hand gel antibacterial – at least 60 per cent alcohol
In particular we are appealing for any businesses not currently operating that have supplies to get in touch. All items have to reach certain HSE requirements so please don’t be upset if we cannot accept some items.
Josie Wragg, chief executive, said: “We would like to assure residents this request for equipment is down to the accessibility of equipment and not because of a lack of funding.
“There is a huge pressure on the availability of this equipment at the moment and we are protecting residents as well as our employees.
“If there are any small businesses that can assist us at this time please get in touch.”
Anyone who has any equipment please email ASC.Commissioning@slough.gov.uk with the details and we will get back to you.
With strain on the supply chain to get the equipment necessary for visiting vulnerable people in their own Slough homes, we now have to appeal to the public and businesses for any supplies.
Workers who are required to change the PPE between visits include social workers, carers and staff visiting vulnerable families and children.
In particular the council is looking for
• Glasses/goggles
• Gloves – single use, disposable
• Face Masks – N95, FFP2, FFP3
• Aprons – single use, disposable
• Hand gel antibacterial – at least 60 per cent alcohol
In particular we are appealing for any businesses not currently operating that have supplies to get in touch. All items have to reach certain HSE requirements so please don’t be upset if we cannot accept some items.
Josie Wragg, chief executive, said: “We would like to assure residents this request for equipment is down to the accessibility of equipment and not because of a lack of funding.
“There is a huge pressure on the availability of this equipment at the moment and we are protecting residents as well as our employees.
“If there are any small businesses that can assist us at this time please get in touch.”
Anyone who has any equipment please email ASC.Commissioning@slough.gov.uk with the details and we will get back to you.
