{"id":3572,"date":"2021-11-11T15:02:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T05:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=3572"},"modified":"2021-11-11T15:02:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T05:02:57","slug":"hotel-quarantine-management-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/coh-express\/hotel-quarantine-management-team","title":{"rendered":"Hotel Quarantine Management Team scoops award for keeping Queenslanders safe \u2013 WINNER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_3504\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3504\" class=\"wp-image-3504 size-fusion-400 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/11\/hotel-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Quarantine Management Team scoops award for keeping Queenslanders safe \u2013 WINNER \" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congratulations to the Hotel Quarantine Team which won the Excellence in Integrated Care category of the Community and Oral Health Staff Excellence Awards for 2021.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For nearly two years the\u00a0Hotel Quarantine Management Team have been\u00a0at the forefront of our COVID-19 response keeping Queenslanders and the rest of Australia safe.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Whether they are contacting returning visitors in hotel quarantine for regular welfare and health checks or actively swabbing guests, these unsung heroes are playing a critical role with empathy and a smile.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Community and Oral Health\u00a0Acting\u00a0Executive Director\u00a0Glynis Shultz said on average the Management Team had\u00a0been making more than 200\u00a0health and welfare calls each day across many hotels in Metro North.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"The\u00a0Hotel Quarantine Management Team's\u00a0priority is about keeping the guests safe and making appropriate referrals to external agencies for support during their time in quarantine,\" she said.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"At any one time the Management Team could be managing up to one thousand guests, with\u00a0tens of thousands of guests having had welfare checks and COVID-19 tests since hotel quarantine began.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"In addition, in\u00a0the\u00a0four-month period from March 2021 the hotel quarantine venues delivered more than 30,000 tests.\"\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The\u00a0Hotel Quarantine Testing Team undertakes testing of guests on two set days during their stay, and touch base with guest via phone three times during or as required if welfare checks are needed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The\u00a0Hotel Quarantine Management Team is made up of staff from across Queensland Health including:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dental assistants from Metro North Oral Health Service<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Registered Nurses from the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Relief Pool<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nurses from the Metro North Nurse Bank and other hospitals and directorates across Metro North<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Staff from across Community and Oral Health.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><span 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