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No excuse for being unprepared for COVID-19, says commissioner
As the Department of Health and Aged Care releases data revealing the increase in Covid-19 outbreaks in aged care residential facilities, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner Janet Anderson has said there is “no excuse for any residential aged care service to be under-prepared.”
Speaking with Australian Ageing Agenda, Ms Anderson outlined the expectation that providers have the necessary systems and processes in place to safeguard residents’ health and wellbeing, and to have an up to date and fully rehearsed outbreak management plan in place.
Community cases of COVID-19 are also rising, and summer waves could well be a pattern in the future, according to an article by University of New South Wales epidemiologists James Wood and Alexandra Hogan. However, they note that seasonal factors increase the likelihood of longer winter waves than summer ones.
ACIPC has a ‘one stop shop’ of aged care specific resources including Outbreak Management, Management of Respiratory Infection, Cleaning and Disinfection, Ventilation, Dementia IPC Support, Standard and Transmission Precautions sections of the IPC Resources for Australasian Aged. To access click this link: https://www.acipc.org.au/aged-care/resources-australasian-aged-care/
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