Infection protocols are being checked at three Tasmanian nursing homes after contact tracing reveals a healthcare worker from an infected hospital has also worked shifts at three aged care facilities.
A Tasmanian healthcare worker who has tested positive for coronavirus has also worked shifts in three nursing homes, authorities say.A healthcare worker who tested positive on Wednesday has worked shifts at three north-west homesContract tracing found that the person who was diagnosed on Wednesday had worked atand had also completed shifts at the aged care facilities.
Public Health Services is working with Melaleuca Nursing Home in East Devonport, Eliza Purton Home for the Aged in Ulverstone, and Coroneagh Park in Penguin to ensure they have infection controls in place.If you think you might have COVID-19 because you feel unwell with a fever, cough, sore throat or shortness of breath and have travelled recently or had contact with a confirmed case, phone your GP or the Tasmanian Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738.
"We understand that residents of these facilities, including their family members and loved ones, may be concerned at this news," Dr Veitch said. "We can assure the community that PHS is doing everything it can to work with the facilities to identify any other potential cases and reiterate that there is no outbreak in any Tasmanian nursing home."Ten of these are from the north-west, where authorities are dealing with the outbreak, and one is from the south.
Three of the cases are staff members of the North West Regional Hospital [NWRH] and the North West Private Hospital in Burnie.
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