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Last week @RCSLT Chief Executive @KGadhok sent @MattHancock an evidence base highlighting why #dysphagia assessments should be considered an aerosol generating procedure: bit.ly/2VDiQB3 bit.ly/2W5aUI1 bit.ly/2VDja2J #COVID19 #COVID19SLTs #AGP #PPE 
Lord Ramsbotham recently asked @DHSCgovuk what discussions they have had with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists about aerosol generating procedures. bit.ly/3cRSnpi #AGP #AGPs #Covid_19 #COVID19SLTs #PPE
.@GeraintDaviesMP has recently asked @DHSCgovuk discussions officials have had with @NHSEngland & @PHE_uk the aerosol generating procedures undertaken by speech & language therapists. bit.ly/2VVMws8
#Covid_19 #COVID19SLTs #AGPS #AGP #PPE
#Covid_19 #COVID19SLTs #AGPS #AGP #PPE
If you're unsure what #AGPs are in relation to #SLT practice, or how current UK-wide list was agreed, or why it's important, read this⬇️
@RCSLT @justinroe @sarahwallaceslt @mmcoffeystamp @gemmaclunie @GovenderRoganie @jemhaines @drjackiem @rachaelmoses @jkfillingham
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@RCSLT @justinroe @sarahwallaceslt @mmcoffeystamp @gemmaclunie @GovenderRoganie @jemhaines @drjackiem @rachaelmoses @jkfillingham
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The current @PHE_uk list based on this review includes medical and patient care procedures for which there is an accepted 'theoretical risk of aerosolisation' such as induction of sputum, which may include a number of different procedures
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Induction of sputum through coughing is an inherent and unpredictable risk which is a core part of the specialist swallowing evaluation performed by #SLT in close contact (<1 metre) with inpatients with #dysphagia (impaired swallowing)
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