Which doctors are most likely to contract COVID-19?
Surprise findings show ICU staff are relatively well protected from the virus due to PPE:Â UK research.
Tag: Infection control
Efforts to tackle doctor COVID-19 infections boosted
Australian medical experts are stepping up action to protect front-line healthcare workers.
Why these Melbourne GPs have started their own contact tracing team
Dr Mukesh Haikerwal has described Victoria's contact tracing system as 'woeful'.
Survey: Are inadequate supplies of PPE putting you at risk?
Health officials continue to insist there aren't problems with PPE supplies to general practice but what do you think?
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.
Doctors urged to ‘refuse to work’ if they don’t have proper PPE
Although it sounds extreme, work refusal is necessary when employers fail to address risks to doctors' safety, says AMA Victoria.
Health officials urge surgical masks for all patient care in Brisbane
Queensland is dealing with its first community transmission of COVID-19 in months.
Hospital in the nursing home failed in COVID outbreak: inquiry
A review into the Newmarch House outbreak has found the program was compromised by lack of staff.
Nurses detail hotel quarantine PPE chaos
Victoria's COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry hears there was insufficient infection control equipment and masks protocols were commonly breached
Call for national audit of aged care
The AMA has made the plea following the deaths of hundreds of elderly residents 'without family by their side'
