WorkSafe Victoria alleges the home, where 45 people died, failed to require workers to wear PPE or train them in how to don and remove it properly
aged care home where 45 people died from Covid-19 has been charged by the workplace safety watchdog.on Monday announced it charged St Basil’s Homes for the Aged In Victoria with nine breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
It alleges that in July 2020, after the home was notified a worker tested positive to Covid-19, St Basil’s failed to require workers to wear personal protective equipment.It also allegedly failed to train workers how to safely don and remove protective equipment, verify that staff were competent using it, tell staff when it should be used and supervise its use.
Ninety-four residents and the same number of staff tested positive for Covid, with 45 people subsequently dying from complications from the virus.The safety watchdog’s investigation into the aged care home took 23 months, and involved reviewing thousands of pages of documents and multiple witness interviews, WorkSafe said.Topics
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