Table 1.

Recommended PPE, as per UK Royal College of Ophthalmologists Guidelines

	Disposable gloves	Disposable plastic apron	Disposable fluid-resistant gown	Fluid-resistant surgical mask	Filtering face piece respirator	Eye/face protection	Slit lamp breath guard
Performing an aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs)	✓ Single use		✓ Single use		✓ Single use	✓ Single use
High risk acute areas: theatres where AGPs performed, intensive care unit (ITU), high dependency unit (e.g., ophthalmology review of patient in ITU)	✓ Single use	✓ Single use	✓ Sessional use		✓ Sessional use	✓ Sessional use
Theatres where AGPs not done	✓ Single use	✓ Single use	✓ Single use instead of apron if splashes are likely	✓ Single or sessional use		✓ Single or sessional use
Working in inpatient area within two metres, e.g., ophthalmology review of ward patients	✓ Single use	✓ Single use		✓ Sessional use		✓ Sessional use	✓ If using a fixed slit lamp
Any outpatient activity (e.g., eye clinic, emergency department)	✓ Single use	✓ Single use		✓ Sessional use		✓ Sessional use	✓

Single use: disposal or decontamination of device between each patient/procedure; dispose at end of session

Sessional use: dispose at end of session, e.g., at the end of morning clinic or when leaving the care setting