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Publication - Advice and guidance

Coronavirus (COVID-19): social care and community based testing guidance

Last updated 15 September 2022 - see all updates
Part of
Coronavirus in Scotland, Health and social care

Guidance on coronavirus testing for the social care sector.

This document is part of a collection

Training, guidance and the helpline

All staff should read the training and educational materials before carrying out the first test.

Essential training -Orient Gene LFD test kits

Webinar packs

Lateral flow devices

A number of resources  on using a lateral flow device are available at the NHS Education for Scotland website (login required). This includes slides, a video and posters.  

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test

Guidance on using a PCR test is also available on the NHS learning resources website. 

Further information

Helpline

A free helpline has gone live to provide advice for LFD and PCR testing. 

  • Tel: 0800 008 6587 available 09:00 to 17:00 every day.
  • For hubs, please ring 0300 303 3020.
 
First published
14 April 2022
Last updated
15 September 2022 - show all updates

  1. Updated and addition of a link to a letter

  2. PDFs unpublished as content was outdated.

  3. Updated to include the April 2022 changes inc supply, testing and recording results

  4. Updated Test supply, delivery and enhanced testing for the sector.

  5. Updated to reflect current situation with Omicron variant.

  6. FAQs updated.

  7. Updated COVID-19 social care testing - Orient Gene webinar slides: September 2021 and main text.

  8. Minor update to remove sentence re. testing webinars.

  9. All sections updated and new documents added to Sector updates, Training and Guidance.

  10. Document added under Sector letters and updates

  11. Updated LFD testing guidance PDF and testing FAQs PDFs published.

  12. Updates to main page, added larger delivery of stock and updated LFD registration form to sector letters, invitation to provide feedback on later flow testing in social care letter (sector letters section) taken offline, infection prevention and control care at home webinars (training section) taken offline.

  13. Revised page title to: social care and community based testing guidance

  14. Added updated information for providers who use the NSS portal to register testing kits, 20 May 2021.

  15. PCR guidance and overview page updated

  16. Overview pages updated and new edition of FAQs included.

  17. Amended page text and added 2 replacement pdfs and 3 new pdfs inc updated FAQs

  18. Updated FAQs

  19. Self testing training slides added as well as a sector update on LFD bulk uploads and logging results.

  20. Content updated to reflect latest position.

  21. Testing FAQs added.

  22. Page content and FAQ and LFD testing guidance updated.

  23. Page title, content and FAQ updated.

  24. Updated sector letters, guidance docs and delivery dates.

  25. Link to guidance added - testing arrangements for care at home and and care home settings.

  26. Links to additional training resources added.

  27. Revised FAQ and LFD staff testing guides.

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