'Any case of healthcare workers contracting COVID-19 is deeply concerning,' says Dr John Bonning, president of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, amid a rise in infections among healthcare workers.
A doctor at Melbourne's St Vincent's Hospital has tested positive to COVID-19, sending 15 staff into quarantine after potential exposure."There has been no operational impact on our services," a St Vincent's spokeswoman said. "We are working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services and our infection control team is providing support."
"It is our strong view that frontline staff must be involved in decision-making processes as part of ongoing hospital and healthcare system responses to this fast-moving and dynamic situation," he said. The hospital's chief executive Christine Kilpatrick wrote to staff on Monday to advise them the hospital was working with the Health Department "to implement all appropriate measures, including contact tracing and cleaning" after the link to the training sessions was made.Two Victorian paramedics have also contracted the virus and are currently in isolation, with contact tracing under way.
Staff in all clinical areas at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Parkville, the Northern Hospital in Epping, the Austin Hospital in Heidelberg and The Alfred in Melbourne have now been advised to wear masks.
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