Health
Review of blood testing in hotel quarantine launched after contamination risk identified – The Age
Safer Care Victoria has launched an investigation into the use of blood glucose-testing kits in Melbourne’s quarantine hotels, after it was revealed single-use …
Finger-prick tests routinely used by people living with diabetes, including pregnant women who develop gestational diabetes, were used in the hotel quarantine system. Safer Care Victoria said it did not believe needles were used multiple times, but the body of the devices were touched by more than one person.
“Blood glucose level testing devices intended for use by one person were used across multiple residents,” the agency said in a statement.
Safer Care Victoria, created as part of governmen…
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