Basic hygiene routines must be applied by all health and social care staff involved in care, examination and treatment or other direct contact with a person where health and social care is delivered.
Workwear consist of top, trousers or a dress. Workwear must have short sleeves above the elbow. All health and social care staff must wear a short-sleeved top/dress during examination, care and treatment.
Vårdhandboken (Handbook of Healthcare) provides recommendations which sometimes need to be supplemented with local instructions or the manufacturer's instructions. When this is the case it will be indicated in the current text and on this page "Local instructions".