28 September 2021 – Updates

28 September 2021 – Updates 2 and 3

Dear colleagues,

Please see below a slight amendment to my message earlier today regarding visitors for our pregnant patients.

Visitors

Visitors are restricted across all Metro North Health facilities. Visitors can only visit if they are:

the parent, guardian or carer for a patient under the age of 18
visiting a patient who is at their end of life
a partner and/or support person for a patient for care related to their pregnancy
support worker or informal carer (including family and friends) providing support for someone with a disability.

The other information provided in the previous message regarding no students on campus and standing up concierge desks across our facilities remains in place – please note the only amendment is to the slight change in wording above.

While we wait for the Directions to be updated by the Department of Health, please refer to the COVID-19 updates website for the latest information about restrictions.

Please continue to practice good social distancing and hand hygiene, and get tested in you have any symptoms, and use the QR codes to check in as you move around.

28 September 2021 – Update 2

Dear colleagues,

Further to this morning’s message, I’d like to provide some more information about the restrictions.

Visitors

Visitors are restricted across all Metro North Health facilities. Visitors can only visit if they are:

the parent, guardian or carer for a patient under the age of 18
visiting a patient who is at their end of life
a partner and/or support person for a patient admitted for care related to their pregnancy
support worker or informal carer (including family and friends) providing support for someone with a disability.

Students

Students cannot enter Metro North Health facilities while they are declared a restricted hospital.

Concierge

Concierge services will be stood up across our facilities. Please be respectful of your colleagues providing this service to help keep us all safe.

While we wait for the Directions to be updated by the Department of Health, please refer to the COVID-19 updates website for the latest information about restrictions.

Please continue to practice good social distancing and hand hygiene, and get tested in you have any symptoms, and use the QR codes to check in as you move around.

Regards,

Louise O’Riordan
Metro North COVID-19 Health Incident Controller

Metro North remains on Tier 1

Despite this ease of restrictions, Metro North will continue to remain on Tier 1 in our COVID response plan and moderate risk PPE.

PPE guidelines are online for healthcare delivery and for residential aged care and disability accommodation.

Helpful links

Metro North HHS – overview of cases*

HHS	Patients being managed by HHS						FEVER Clinics
	Total In-patients			Virtual Ward / HITH / or similar	Deaths **	Total cases managed by HHS (including recovered) *******	# of clinics	Presentations
		ICU Pts
		ICU-NOT Ventilated	ICU-Ventilated					Yesterday	TOTAL^
MN TOTAL	5	0	0	0	4	790	4	281	242,387

*As at 28/09/2021 at 1030
**Metro North Health has four recorded deaths (one person a return traveller into NSW, who passed away in NSW)
*** These numbers reflect the cases being managed by Metro North Health. 

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