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Hi,
Mount Gambier Hospital is screening all patients and RAT if symptomatic and or meet epidemiological risk factors in ED. All patients to be admitted have a RAT in ED prior to going to the ward and have a PCR 24hrs after admission and every 72 hours until discharge. We have picked up a number of asymptomatic Covid+ infections during screening.
Regards,
Lana Trnovsky
Infection Prevention and Control Consultant
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
Ph (08) 8721 1400
M 0434 940 879
Hi Lynette
We are still RAT and PCR testing all admissions and have picked up a number of patients this way. We are the only tertiary facility in the top end with a very vulnerable patient cohort so our approach is generally conservative. This is done routinely in the emergency department for patients being admitted rather than via screeners.
Cheers
Kind regards
Yana Albrey
RN, BNurs, PGCert Clinical Nursing,
PGCert Infection Prevention & Control
CICP-A
Clinical Nurse Manager
Infection Prevention & Control
Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals| Top End Region
Northern Territory Government
Floor 1, Building 1, 105 Rocklands Drive, Tiwi
GPO Box 41326, Casuarina, NT Postcode
T. 08 892 28428
Mob. 0459 899 037
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Hi Lynette,
We are continuing with RAT and Screening for anyone entering the residential aged care facility.
Kind Regards
Christine
Christine Valencius
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Afternoon,
Just wanting to find out how the various private and public sectors are managing RAT testing patients if at all on admissions, we are trying to figure out whether or not to continue with this as it is resource draining and staff are needed elsewhere.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
With kind regards
Lynette Spence
Lynette Spence
Infection Control Coordinator
St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
t (07) 3834 4328 m 0427 141 223 f (07) 3834 4599
e lynette.spence@uchealth.com.au
457 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill Q 4000
standrewshospital.com.au
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