Healthcare workers and guests across various hotels say they have seen guards wearing masks incorrectly or not at all in recent days.
he was not briefed on hygiene protocols before starting a shift at the hotel, which was then used to house infected returned travellers.
Mr Porter also said he was not provided with any infection-control training before working at another hotel.A Unified Security spokesman has said that the company welcomed the inquiry into hotel quarantine operations. “We look forward to detailing our procedures and practices,” he said. A healthcare worker said infection control staff were sent to quarantine hotels, including the Stamford Plaza hotel, to talk to supervisors after the Rydges outbreak but that they provided no training to guards.They say they are not provided with space to socially distance from each other or guests in some hotels, including for food breaks.The most important news, analysis and insights delivered to your inbox at the start and end of each day.
They say paperwork is passed from infectious guests to staff and desk sanitiser has been in short supply. A government spokeswoman said the inquiry would examine the security firms' contracts, communication between the firms and government and the government's decisions and actions.The spokeswoman said no international returned travellers would arrive in Melbourne for two weeks while the program was reset under the supervision of Corrections Victoria.A DHHS spokeswoman previously said infection-control training was regularly conducted for all staff, including security guards.
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