Acute Respiratory Illness Response<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n Dear colleagues,<\/p>\n We currently have 211 active cases of COVID in our care, including 103 inpatients with 5 in ICU (3 ventilated). It\u2019s worth noting that many of our inpatients with COVID have been admitted for other reasons and have incidental COVID. There are 108 patients in the Virtual Ward.<\/p>\n Today 451 staff are away from work due to either being COVID positive or requiring isolation due to being a close contact. This number does not include other types of sick leave. We have returned 50 staff as critically essential workers.<\/p>\n Metro North remains in Tier 3 of our COVID-19 and Influenza Response Plan.<\/p>\n To support staff to have their COVID third or fourth doses, we will be running a four-day booster blitz across Metro North from 16-19 August. These will be at STARS, RBWH, TPCH, Caboolture, and Redcliffe Hospitals.<\/p>\n We are finalising details over the next couple of days, so will provide more information later in the week.<\/p>\n In the meantime, vaccinations are widely available in the community through pharmacies and GPs.<\/p>\n Our registered staff booster numbers are quite low, but anecdotally the actual numbers are higher. To support staff to upload your booster information, we have continued the pop up kiosks this week.<\/p>\n We are not providing vaccinations at the kiosks.<\/p>\n Kiosks are located at:<\/p>\n Please bring your vaccination evidence with full name, vaccine details and date of vaccinations.\u00a0 You can download your full COVID-19 digital certificate (not the green tick) or your immunisation history from MyGov or Medicare, a vaccination certificate from a chemist or healthcare provider, or your COVID vaccination appointment card (with both sides).<\/p>\n If you use a different name for your medical records than your work ID, please also bring evidence of name change (eg marriage certificate).<\/p>\n You can also register your additional doses yourself online. The process is the same as recording your first two doses:<\/p>\n You can also submit a paper form<\/a> if you can\u2019t get to a kiosk or upload to the COVID vaccination hub during work hours. The form can be submitted to MN-COVID-Staff-Vaccination-Forms-only@health.qld.gov.au<\/a> with a copy of your vaccination evidence.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re not sure whether you have already updated your information, you can check under the personal profile section of myHR.<\/p>\n Your GP can also provide:<\/p>\n Prescription of COVID-19 oral antivirals for eligible COVID-19 positive patients.<\/p>\n Regards,<\/p>\n Louise O\u2019Riordan![\"Message](\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/ic-banner-ari.jpg\" "\\"ic-banner-ari\\"")
<\/span><\/div>Message from the Metro North Health Incident Controller – COVID-19 & Influenza update 438 | 8\/08\/2022<\/strong><\/h1><\/div>
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Current situation<\/h3>\n
Staff COVID vaccine boosters<\/h3>\n
Register your booster<\/h3>\n
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Useful links<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/strong>Metro North Health Incident Controller<\/p>\n<\/div>