Health
Authorities contact guests in Victorian hotel quarantine over blood test infection risk – SBS News
Blood test devices not designed to be shared were used on multiple returned travellers in Victorian hotel quarantine for nearly six months.
Victoria’s botched hotel quarantine program may have inadvertently exposed returned travellers to blood-borne viruses such as HIV.
Safer Care Victoria announced on Monday that quarantine accommodation guests were being contacted to undergo precautionary screening for cross-contamination and infection.
Based on its health records, 243 guests had a blood glucose level test from 29 March to 20 August.
Testing devices not designed to be shared were used on multiple residents, presenting a risk of…
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