Alert over shared use of glucose monitors in hotel quarantine

Hundreds of people are being contacted in the wake of revelations that the devices were used on multiple people
Minister for Health Martin Foley
Minister for Health Martin Foley.

Hundreds of people who passed through Victoria’s hotel quarantine system are being contacted to undergo HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis A testing after blood glucose testing devices were used incorrectly.

Safer Care Victoria announced on Monday that 243 guests were being asked to undergo precautionary screening for cross-contamination and infection.