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Public Health: Useful Information & Resources on COVID-19

A compilation of Open Access information for the general public interest and for academic research communities in PolyU.

Protect Yourself & Others

A video of preventive measures on personal and environmental hygiene in the COVID-19 pandemic period, produced by the School of Nursing and the Squina International Centre for Infection Control at PolyU

Other Sources of Advice on Personal Hygiene

Advice from the HK Government

Health tips in the Together, We Fight the Virus! Website hosted by the Hong Kong Government:
https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/index.html#Health_Tips

Health information provided by the Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health:

Myth-busters by WHO

De-myth the hearsay about personal hygiene in avoiding infection:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

Health Tips by PolyU HSEO

   

View more information on personal health protection created by the Health, Safety and Environment Office (HSEO) at PolyU on the PolyU HSEO Instagram page.

Information on Protective Clothing and Devices for Health Workers

Centre for Infection Control (CIC) of the School of Nursing at PolyU has created a video library of instructions on how to:

  • Perform hand hygiene properly
  • Don and doff PPE correctly
  • Wear masks and respirators appropriately etc. 
  • General environmental cleanliness for preventing novel pneumonia viral transmission

Most videos are available in English, Cantonese, and Putonghua and can be accessed at

https://sn.polyu.edu.hk/squina-cic/en/video.htm

Hygiene Information for Health Workers (English) from the video library at the Squina International Centre for Infection Control, School of Nursing, PolyU