Message from the Metro North Health Incident Controller – COVID-19 update 398 | 26/04/2022
Dear colleagues,
- Metro North Health in Tier 3
- Debrief sessions this week
Tier 3
With easing numbers of staff affected by COVID-19, this morning we have moved to Tier 3 of our COVID-19 response plan. This means we will increase planned care but remain in the high-risk category for PPE requirements.
While this is welcome news, we must remain vigilant with social distancing, hand hygiene, PPE, and staying home if unwell. Face masks must be worn across Metro North facilities as part of Tier 3.
Face-to-face training can resume where essential with a focus on virtual training where possible.
Debrief sessions this week
A reminder of our COVID-19 debrief survey, which is available for staff to complete here. This survey will look at the way we have responded during the pandemic and asks for your feedback and ideas from this time. We’re grateful if you can make some time to do this.
We also have the following debrief sessions running this week, with some held this morning, for certain groups to attend. More sessions will be held next week, including for Allied Health and Facility Services staff.
| Directorate | Focus Group | Speaker/s | Date & Time |
| The Prince Charles Hospital | Medical Staff | Dr Elizabeth Rushbrook – MNH Chief Medical Officer
Louise O’Riordan – Incident Controller Dr Donna O’Sullivan – EDMS TPCH |
Wednesday 27th April 2022 – 7.30 am |
| Caboolture Kilcoy Woodford Hospital | Medical Staff | Dr Elizabeth Rushbrook – MNH Chief Medical Officer
Louise O’Riordan – Incident Controller Dr Simon Bugden – DMS CKW |
Thursday 28th April 2022 – 7.30 am |
| Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital | Medical Staff | Dr Elizabeth Rushbrook – MNH Chief Medical Officer
Louise O’Riordan – Incident Controller Dr Mark Mattiussi – EDMS TPCH |
Friday 29th April 2022 – 7.30 am |
| The Prince Charles Hospital | Nursing Staff | Alanna Geary – MNH Chief Nursing Officer
Louise O’Riordan – Incident Controller Cherie Franks – DON – TPCH |
Wednesday 27th April – 2.00 pm |
| Caboolture Kilcoy Woodford Hospital | Nursing Staff | Alanna Geary – MNH Chief Nursing Officer
Louise O’Riordan – Incident Controller Ben Ballard – DON CKW |
Thursday 28th April – 2.00 pm |
| Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital | Nursing Staff | Alanna Geary – MNH Chief Nursing Officer
Louise O’Riordan – Incident Controller Andy Carter – DON RBWH |
Friday 29th April – 2.00 pm |
Regards,
Louise O’Riordan
Metro North Health Incident Controller
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Current Metro North Health tier activated – Tier 3
Helpful links
- Register your positive RAT result
- Upload evidence of your vaccine or booster
- Vaccination locations
- Qld Health general COVID-19 page
- Metro North COVID-19 extranet
- COVID vidcast recordings on QHEPS
Metro North HHS – overview of cases*
| Patients managed by HHS | Fever clinics | ||||||
| Total in-patients | Virtual ward/ HITH/ similar | Deaths** | No. of clinics | Presentations | |||
| Total | ICU patients | Yesterday | |||||
| ICU not ventilated | ICU ventilated | ||||||
| 88 | 1 | 1 | 427 | 64 | 3 | 147 | |
Norfolk Island – overview of cases***
| Patients managed by HHS | Close Contacts in quarantine | ||||||
| Total in-patients | Virtual ward/ HITH/ similar | Total cases including recovered | Deaths | ||||
| Total | ICU patients | ||||||
| ICU not ventilated | ICU ventilated | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 236 | 0 | 9 | |
*As at the above date
**Metro North Health has recorded deaths (one person a return traveller into NSW, who passed away in NSW)
*** As part of an Intergovernmental Agreement, from 1 January 2022 Metro North Health is providing a number of health support services to Norfolk Island. This includes advice and support to staff on island in terms of managing COVID patients. The numbers in this section of the table refer to COVID patients who remain on Norfolk Island and are receiving direct care by staff on Norfolk Island.