Further to infection control advice given last week to members about keeping staff working in specific areas (units) rather than across whole facilities, it is recommended that management also develop a register of staff’s living accommodation (whom and how many people they live or flat with) and what work they undertake.
Following outbreaks of COVID-19 in several NZ aged care facilities over recent weeks it’s timely to review and consider staff accessibility to different areas throughout the complex.
Every new resident prior to admission into aged residential care, whether from hospital or the community, must be tested for COVID19.
Immigration New Zealand update 1 April 2020.
