Healthcare worker infections
3rd Aug #COVID19vic #HCW

3 Graphs Showing Ongoing Worrying Trends in Victoria

1. Cumulative and new cases in healthcare workers

3241 cumulative cases

35 new cases

How many have been/are hospitalised, in ICU, died?

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2. 7-day moving average of daily new healthcare worker cases #COVID19vic

58 new healthcare worker infections a day

healthcare worker infections are prevention #workplace #safety
Unacceptable:imagine if this number of injuries occurred in any other industry #asbestos
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3. Proportion of new COVID19 cases that are in healthcare workers (7-day moving average)

65% of all new cases are healthcare workers

This means unless healthcare infections and outbreaks are not controlled #lockdowns won’t end, #business workers open, no #electivesurgery
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New #hospital outbreak:
19 cases St Vincent’s Private Hospital

Where are the other current and new hospital outbreaks?

Can we please have breakdown like that being presented for #agedcare
sites?

#transparency @VictorianCHO

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Questions regarding healthcare worker cases & hospital outbreaks

1.Why hasn’t #fittesting been mandated in health workplaces like in other industries?

2.Why haven’t guidelines changed to protect all healthcare workers caring for all #COVID19 positive & suspected patients?
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3. Why haven’t all #hospitals had #ventilation systems examined by workplace safety engineers or equivalent?

4. Has a registry of healthcare worker infections been establish?

5. Why do national & state guidance not acknowledge significance of #airborne #aerosol spread?

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