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  • #78296
    Maham A
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    Hi there,

    I hope you are all surviving these crazy times.

    I had a question for anyone who is preforming mandatory Covid swabbing on Staff, especially for those who have dedicated Covid Wards.

    What are you doing? and what swabs are you using? Do you perform these before they start their shift? or at the end of the shift?

    I know NSW Health said 72hr testing. Are you using rapid testing? or the rapid antigen testing?

    Do you have any policy or procedure documents you would be willing to share with us?

    thank you in advanced

    Kind Regards

    Maham Amin
    Clinical Nurse Consultant | CCLHD Infection Prevention and Control Unit
    Clinical Safety, Quality and Governance Directorate
    Level 4 (F4), Gosford, New South Wales 2250
    Tel (02) 4320 2221 (Internal 92221)| Fax (02) 4320 2874 |Pager 18139 |
    maham.amin@health.nsw.gov.au or CCLHD-IPAC@health.nsw.gov.au

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    #78916
    Anonymous
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    Hi Maham,

    I’m not sure if you got any response to this question you posted back in
    August but I currently have the exact same question.
    We’re currently reviewing our procedure for staff testing and I’m
    interested in what other states and services have been doing, especially in
    Vic and NSW.

    Thank you!

    Warm regards,

    *Sarah Niven*

    Infection Control Nurse

    RFDS Central Operations

    1 Tower Road

    Adelaide Airport

    SA

    5950

    *M *

    *0407159430*

    *E *

    *Sarah.Niven@flyingdoctor.net*

    *> *

    *www.flyingdoctor.org.au/sant*

    On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 3:07 PM Maham A wrote:

    > Hi there,
    >
    > I hope you are all surviving these crazy times.
    >
    > I had a question for anyone who is preforming mandatory Covid swabbing on
    > Staff, especially for those who have dedicated Covid Wards.
    >
    > What are you doing? and what swabs are you using? Do you perform these
    > before they start their shift? or at the end of the shift?
    >
    > I know NSW Health said 72hr testing. Are you using rapid testing? or the
    > rapid antigen testing?
    >
    > Do you have any policy or procedure documents you would be willing to
    > share with us?
    >
    > thank you in advanced
    >
    > Kind Regards
    >
    >
    >
    > Maham Amin
    >
    > Clinical Nurse Consultant | *CCLHD Infection Prevention and Control Unit *
    >
    > *Clinical Safety, Quality and Governance Directorate *
    >
    > Level 4 (F4), Gosford, New South Wales 2250
    >
    > *Tel* (02) 4320 2221 (Internal 92221)| *Fax* (02) 4320 2874 |*Pager*
    > 18139 |
    >
    > maham.amin@health.nsw.gov.au or CCLHD-IPAC@health.nsw.gov.au
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
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    #78921
    =?Windows-1252?Q?Leanne_IAnson?
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    Hi,
    We currently require all staff, contractors and visitors to have a rapid antigen test before they can enter our facilities

    Kind Regards

    Leanne IAnson
    Infection Prevention and Control Manager

    TLC Healthcare
    Mobile:0487210205
    [https://www.tlchealthcare.com.au/assets/email/tlc-healthcare-combined-2018.jpg]

    From: ACIPC Infexion Connexion On Behalf Of Sarah Louise Niven
    Sent: Thursday, 4 November 2021 12:46 PM
    To: ACIPCLIST@ACIPC.ORG.AU
    Subject: Re: [ACIPC_Infexion_Connexion] COVID testing for Staff

    Hi Maham,

    I’m not sure if you got any response to this question you posted back in August but I currently have the exact same question.
    We’re currently reviewing our procedure for staff testing and I’m interested in what other states and services have been doing, especially in Vic and NSW.

    Thank you!
    Warm regards,

    Sarah Niven

    Infection Control Nurse

    RFDS Central Operations

    1 Tower Road

    Adelaide Airport

    SA

    5950

    M

    0407159430

    E

    Sarah.Niven@flyingdoctor.net

    >

    http://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/sant

    On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 3:07 PM Maham A <maham@live.com.au> wrote:
    Hi there,

    I hope you are all surviving these crazy times.

    I had a question for anyone who is preforming mandatory Covid swabbing on Staff, especially for those who have dedicated Covid Wards.

    What are you doing? and what swabs are you using? Do you perform these before they start their shift? or at the end of the shift?

    I know NSW Health said 72hr testing. Are you using rapid testing? or the rapid antigen testing?

    Do you have any policy or procedure documents you would be willing to share with us?

    thank you in advanced

    Kind Regards

    Maham Amin
    Clinical Nurse Consultant | CCLHD Infection Prevention and Control Unit
    Clinical Safety, Quality and Governance Directorate
    Level 4 (F4), Gosford, New South Wales 2250
    Tel (02) 4320 2221 (Internal 92221)| Fax (02) 4320 2874 |Pager 18139 |
    maham.amin@health.nsw.gov.au or CCLHD-IPAC@health.nsw.gov.au

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    #78927
    Anonymous
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    Thank you Maham and Leanne,

    Maham what type of testing is offered to staff for surveillance?

    Warm regards,

    *Sarah Niven*

    Infection Control Nurse

    RFDS Central Operations

    1 Tower Road

    Adelaide Airport

    SA

    5950

    *M *

    *0407159430*

    *E *

    *Sarah.Niven@flyingdoctor.net*

    *> *

    *www.flyingdoctor.org.au/sant*

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    #78939
    Maham A
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    Maham A

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    Hi Sarah

    We do PCR swabs only at this stage.

    Thanks
    Maham
    ________________________________

    Thank you Maham and Leanne,

    Maham what type of testing is offered to staff for surveillance?

    Warm regards,

    Sarah Niven

    Infection Control Nurse

    RFDS Central Operations

    1 Tower Road

    Adelaide Airport

    SA

    5950

    M

    0407159430

    E

    Sarah.Niven@flyingdoctor.net

    >

    http://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/sant

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