Administrative mistakes made while documenting the personal details of high-risk returned travellers in Victoria’s hotel quarantine system are reigniting concerns of another coronavirus escape. | MeljCunningham
Hundreds of administrative errors are being made while documenting the personal details of high-risk returned travellers in Victoria’s hotel quarantine system, resulting in guests having to be re-swabbed and reigniting concerns of another coronavirus escape from quarantine.
The list shows surnames being omitted, the wrong gender being recorded and erroneous hotel room numbers being logged, resulting in some guests having to be re-swabbed. Mr Shari alleges he was dismissed by Healthcare Australia, which is contracted by the state government to provide medical services in hotels for returned travellers, on July 22 after “months of bullying and harassment”.Mr Shari, who has no previous experience in infection control, said he and other social workers were asked to work as medical scribes, writing down clinical notes for potentially COVID-positive guests.
An email dated June 16 outlined that staff had raised issues about being asked to help swabbing nurses with scribing. Earlier this year, it was also revealed several staff employed by Healthcare Australia had made complaints to WorkSafe Victoria amid concerns healthcare workers were moving between hotels and offices, in a direct breach of the recommendations of an inquiry into the scheme’s failings.security guards on the program became infected
“After the Coate inquiry and everything that has occurred in hotel quarantine, this should not be happening,” she said.
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