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Mistakes in Victoria’s initial hotel quarantine program put people at risk of contracting HIV
Failures when Victoria’s hotel quarantine scheme was first set up put some returned Australians at risk of contracting blood-borne diseases like HIV, an investigation has found.
Key points:
- The review has not identified anyone who contracted a virus due to the possible cross-contamination
- But about 200 of the 1,700 people identified have not been contacted “despite multiple attempts”
- All 13 recommendations from the review are being, or already have been, implemented
The Safer Care Victoria review was launched last year after it was revealed blood sugar finger-prick tests were used on multiple hotel quarantine guests.
Blood glucose level (BGL) monitoring devices are meant to be used repeatedly by one person but were used across multiple…
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