EXCLUSIVE The manager and the head of infection control at a Melbourne quarantine hotel were both fired last month after reports were lodged about 51 incidents on their watch in the first month of its operation. By michaelfowler08 sumeyyailanbey paul...
They also showed CQV workers surveyed to “capture their lived experience of the outbreak and quarantine” gave the Victorian health department an average rating of four out of 10.
Of the 51 incident reports in the first month at the Novotel, 15 directly related to infection control breaches. “All staff are trained and encouraged to report any ... breaches, regardless of the risk, so they can be immediately investigated and acted on.” but was released from its contract in April because its ventilation was deemed unacceptable. The hotel received several million dollars without hosting a single returned traveller.
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