{"id":9121,"date":"2022-03-23T15:29:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T05:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=5369"},"modified":"2022-03-23T15:29:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T05:29:06","slug":"ed-stars-20220323","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-stars-20220323","title":{"rendered":"Important STARS COVID-19 update"},"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-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-bg-image:url(&#039;https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/02\/staff-news-banner.jpg&#039;);--awb-bg-blend:screen;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--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 fusion-column-has-bg-image\" data-bg-url=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/02\/staff-news-banner.jpg\"><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-icon-with-title content-left post-title-block\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-hover-accent-color:#407798;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#407798;--awb-item-margin-bottom:40px;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>Surgical, Treatment and<\/p>\n<p>Rehabilitation Service<\/p>\n<p><strong>Staff Update<\/strong><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_4182\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4182\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4182 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/helen-boocock-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Boocock\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helen Boocock<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>As of <strong>7am today, Wednesday 23 March 2022<\/strong>, Metro North Health has moved back to <a href=\"https:\/\/comms.health.qld.gov.au\/ch\/92002\/7cbss\/2499\/CDPh4jh9H9_qxHh5Yfh7f2FEIP.TzXMwqleRvQtu.pdf\">Tier 3 of our COVID-19 response plan<\/a> to allow us to focus on critical service delivery.<\/h4>\n<p>We have seen a significant increase in the number of staff who are away from the workplace due to having COVID or being a close contact. This is putting pressure on our ability to deliver some services.<\/p>\n<p>This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All virtual outpatient appointments<\/li>\n<li>Urgent face-to-face appointments only where virtual not clinically appropriate<\/li>\n<li>All OPD patients must wear masks in waiting rooms<\/li>\n<li>Outsource activity as able<\/li>\n<li>Implement alternate models of care based on staffing availability<\/li>\n<li>Utilise STARS for planned care<\/li>\n<li>Only urgent elective surgery and procedures to deploy staff to COVID-related care in all hospitals except STARS.<\/li>\n<li>Repurpose surgical wards to medical wards as demand dictates<\/li>\n<li>Virtual meetings only<\/li>\n<li>Suspension of non-essential meetings<\/li>\n<li>No face-to-face training<\/li>\n<li>Essential training delivered virtually<\/li>\n<li>No volunteers or consumers engaged on site<\/li>\n<li>Students onsite must be fully vaccinated<\/li>\n<li>Minimise staff movement within wards and across facilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We still remain in the high risk category of the <a href=\"https:\/\/comms.health.qld.gov.au\/ch\/92002\/7cbss\/1680\/CDPh4jh9H9_qxHh5Yfh7o914mR.hq7tp4L2_YlEG.pdf\">PPE guidelines<\/a>. Please check the requirements for your type of work. Surgical masks are the minimum requirement for administration and non-clinical areas.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Helen Boocock<br \/>\n<\/strong>A\/Executive Director<br \/>\nSurgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of 7am today, Wednesday 23 March 2022, Metro North Health has moved back to Tier 3 of our COVID-19 response plan to allow us to focus on critical service delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[160,167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facility-messages","category-ed-stars"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Important STARS COVID-19 update - 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