Health
Massive hotel quarantine bungle – Morning Bulletin
A major mistake in Victoria’s hotel quarantine program exposed hundreds of guests to serious risk because proper protocols weren’t in place.
Mistakes made when Victoria set up its hotel quarantine program exposed hundreds of people to the risk of contracting bloodborne viruses like HIV, an investigation has found.
Health officials took action in October last year amid concerns that finger pricking devices used to check the levels of glucose in someone’s blood had been reused on multiple quarantine guests.
They were used for guests who had diabetes, were pregnant, or “generally unwell”, officials said.
The blood glucose level monitoring…
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