SA Quarantine Leak Report

“it is highly likely the close timing of doors opening and closing between adjacent rooms was responsible given the clear role of aerosol transmission of this virus”

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“However, the adjacent rooms were at the end of a corridor on one floor of the Medi-hotel. There were two occasions on 3 May 2021, when entry doors opened within 30 minutes of each other.”
“For example, on one occasion, Case B opened his room door to collect his meal, then 18 seconds later Case A opened his door to collect his meal.”
“This was during the time Case B was infectious but prior to staff knowing his positive COVID-19 status (he was subsequently moved to the dedicated COVID-19 Medi-hotel). A similar situation was observed again, on the same day with a time lapse of less than 12 minutes.”
“Due to the camera angle, it was unclear from the review of the CCTV footage if both Case A and Case B wore a disposable surgical mask during these episodes of door opening.”

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27 May
1/4 Something to think about. VIC had an almost identical quarantine leak because of guest doors opening around the same time. This was shared with all states back in Feb. Seems like it was IGNORED and SA repeated the same mistake? Now Victorians are paying the price. Who’s next? ImageImage
2/4 “we all throw in our views and that's where the contestation of ideas happen”
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Comments on recent CDC report: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27…
1/8 NZ Director-General of Health Dr. Bloomfield:“I think over the last month or 2 in particular, probably 3 months, there’s been much more emergent evidence about the importance & the significance of airborne transmission of Coronavirus being a way that people become infected.”
2/8 “And I think if we look at our more recent cases, the role of airborne or aerosolised transmission has been much more likely to have been the cause.”
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Risk mitigations to support the safe re-opening of the Pullman Managed Isolation Facility
Recommendation 1: the Pullman’s corridor fresh air ventilation system should be operated 24 hours per day. This was implemented on 27 January;
Recommendation 2: prior to opening hotel room doors, returnees should close all windows and trickle vents to encourage air to move from the corridor into the room. This guidance was issued to returnees at the Pullman on 31 January.
Read 18 tweets
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VIC HQ N95 Masks - Wed Feb 10 - ABC interview - Part 2
1/4 @Raf_Epstein:“Why not just have an abundance of caution, if you could give everyone N95 masks, I know it’s difficult, they have to be fit-tested, I know it’s expensive, but if you can do it, why not have done that from the beginning rather than coming to that decision today?”
2/4 DCHO: “Well, bear in mind for 2 months we had no cases in staff in HQ, so this becomes another adaptation of what we’re doing to get in front of things..from where we are now...”
Read 7 tweets
10 Feb
VIC HQ N95 Masks - Wed Feb 10 - ABC interview
1/6 DCHO: “...we have a thing called the IPC steering committee and it has a number of experts on the board from the community, community experts, as well as experts from other hospitals and experts from within the department and that steering committee meets regularly...”
2/6 “...and more regularly when there are recent things to discuss, so normally we meet every month, but we met last week and we met again today and at the meeting today a decision was made that N95 masks, which were already being used in the program...but not by everyone...”
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