Health
Ipswich Hospital coronavirus cluster in healthcare workers raises questions around PPE use – ABC News
Hospital staff face a high risk of contracting coronavirus and a Queensland expert warns personal protective equipment is far from perfect in preventing infection after seven Ipswich healthcare workers contract COVID-19.
Seven healthcare workers from the Ipswich Hospital have now tested positive for COVID-19, raising questions around safety measures being used in the facility.
Key points:
- Virologist Ian Mackay said healthcare workers face a higher COVID-19 infection risk in hospitals
- He says PPE worn the wrong way is no protection from infection
- The State Opposition has raised the issue of PPE training in Parliament
Health authorities said there was no further spread of infec…
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