PPE training shortcomings at Cork nursing home hit by Covid deaths

Hiqa report found gaps in mandatory training, nine months into pandemic

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A number of staff at one of the Cork nursing homes where residents died recently after contracting Covid-19 had not received PPE training nearly nine months into the pandemic.

According to the Health Information and Quality Authority, others working at Bon Secours Care Village, Mount Desert, Lee Road in Cork, had not attended Covid-19 training.