
With Britain’s Covid cases soaring by 800,000 last week with more than one in 20 people infected on any given day, people are starting to cancel plans, stay home and wear masks again.
In this blog, you can find information and links to interesting articles related to infection prevention and control

With Britain’s Covid cases soaring by 800,000 last week with more than one in 20 people infected on any given day, people are starting to cancel plans, stay home and wear masks again.

The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that the estimated number of people testing positive for coronavirus in the UK is up by 32% week-on-week. The latest rise is driven by two new fast-spreading sub-variants of Omnicron – BA.4 and BA.5. Whilst jabs are helping to protect against serious illness, people […]

It is extremely important to maintain good hygiene levels by regularly washing your hands properly to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

Easy-to-use Nasopharyngeal/Saliva Antigen Rapid Lateral Flow test kits help detect the presence of COVID-19 and yields results in 15 minutes Easy-to-use Nasopharyngeal/Saliva Antigen Rapid Lateral Flow test kits help detect the presence of COVID-19 and yields results in 15 minutes. Designed with regular, routine testing in mind Non-invasive test for greater staff compliance to avoid […]

Easy-to-use Nasopharyngeal/Saliva Antigen Rapid Lateral Flow test kits help detect the presence of COVID-19 and yields results in 15 minutes. Designed with regular, routine testing in mind Non-invasive test for greater staff compliance to avoid discomfort Rapid results delivered in only 15 minutes High quality, high-performance lateral flow detection test Manufactured in the UK by […]

Whilst the UK Government may have ended free Covid testing and many NHS testing laboratories have closed or are closing, we should not lose sight of the fact Covid cases remain prevalent across the UK. It remains critical that everyone continues the fight to reduce the risks of spreading the virus, even if you are […]

Following the UK government announcement, making it mandatory for pupils to wear masks in classrooms in England’s secondary schools, MPP-PPE has launched a range of Type IIR masks for children and small adults in the continuing fight to tackle Omicron. Like our adult range, they are made up of a 3-ply construction providing a snug […]

Face masks could be giving people Covid-19 immunity, researchers suggest. A link to the related medical research article can be found here… The New England Journal of Medicine

Cloth face masks are far too varied in composition, unreliably designed and unregulated in production to provide consistently high levels of protection for you and your family. A recent article by Which? highlighted that some reusable face coverings filtered as little as 7% of pathogens in a series of tests performed by their team.