I repost by citation this important post:
"I have obtained information about hospital-acquired COVID-19 from Queensland Health. From Jan-22 to June-23 an average of 14 people caught C19 in hospital each day, and one of these died each day."
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"I have obtained information about hospital-acquired COVID-19 from Queensland Health. From Jan-22 to June-23 an average of 14 people caught C19 in hospital each day, and one of these died each day."
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https://twitter.com/psvbluemts/status/1748486323563016435
"The data only lists deaths in the hospital, we don't know how many died soon after discharge.
The Queensland AMA has written to the CHO "expressing members' concerns about rising COVID cases and inadequate infection controls within Queensland Health hospitals". "
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The Queensland AMA has written to the CHO "expressing members' concerns about rising COVID cases and inadequate infection controls within Queensland Health hospitals". "
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"They have now published the letter and the non-answer here …
It does not address the doctors' concerns at all. It just says that each hospital should make their own rules, proportionate to the current risk."
3]ama.com.au/qld/correspond
It does not address the doctors' concerns at all. It just says that each hospital should make their own rules, proportionate to the current risk."
3]ama.com.au/qld/correspond
In spite of the acknowledged current wave of COVID, here's an example of current guidance from a typical Qld hospital:
Visitors are welcome at Metro South Health facilities, and are asked to help keep patients safe by:
* practising hand hygiene"
..
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Visitors are welcome at Metro South Health facilities, and are asked to help keep patients safe by:
* practising hand hygiene"
..
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"Visitors are welcome at Metro South Health facilities & are asked to help keep patients safe by:
* practising hand hygiene
* staying home if you have any flu-like symptoms
* avoid visiting hospitals,aged care,or disability care centre while you have any cold or flu symptoms"
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* practising hand hygiene
* staying home if you have any flu-like symptoms
* avoid visiting hospitals,aged care,or disability care centre while you have any cold or flu symptoms"
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"As well as being totally inadequate, point 3 seems to assume you'll ignore point 2.
The policy of leaving it to individuals to manage their own COVID-19 protection has now been extended to health care generally, resulting in vast disparity between the safety offered by .."
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The policy of leaving it to individuals to manage their own COVID-19 protection has now been extended to health care generally, resulting in vast disparity between the safety offered by .."
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".. disparity between the safety offered by different services.
If I buy a fridge,
I get to see a star rating & can have confidence that what I buy will have that level of energy efficiency. I can be confident the fridge meets safety standards & it won't electrocute me."
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If I buy a fridge,
I get to see a star rating & can have confidence that what I buy will have that level of energy efficiency. I can be confident the fridge meets safety standards & it won't electrocute me."
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"If I enter a public building I don't have to check that the fire doors work.
But if I am taken to hospital with a broken hip it's pot luck whether I'm exposed to avoidable airborne disease."
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But if I am taken to hospital with a broken hip it's pot luck whether I'm exposed to avoidable airborne disease."
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"Every single case in which a person with Covid-19 infection infects another person in a health care setting
- patient, relative, or hospital staff member -
is a significant failure of hospital procedures.
Every single instance."
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- patient, relative, or hospital staff member -
is a significant failure of hospital procedures.
Every single instance."
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https://twitter.com/amapresident/status/1748831375128658342?t=ie34U8iu4sQzs2xFK2VLxw&s=19
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