Medical Observer Opinion

The number of healthcare professionals catching COVID-19 on the job is shocking

PPE guidelines need urgent revision to address the occupational hazard of potential infection
Alicia Dennis
Associate Professor Alicia Dennis
Professor Dennis is an academic anaesthetist with appointments in the departments of medicine and radiology, obstetrics and gynaecology, and pharmacology at the University of Melbourne.
3 minutes to read
28th August 2020

On Tuesday, the Victorian government released much-anticipated figures showing the proportion of the state’s healthcare workers who caught COVID-19 at work.

Healthcare workers

Victoria’s chief medical officer Andrew Wilson said that 70-80% of health workers testing positive to COVID-19 were infected at work.

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