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Ep 14: Discussion with Sarah Whiting (Infectious Disease Specialist) Prof Joe Covid 19 Aged Care Podcast
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Episode 14 provides a discussion of Prof Joe’s fourth action point – – Detection, Surveillance, Isolation and Suspected Cases.
Today we delve further into the course of infection of COVID-19 and how it might present. But older people are not your typical population, and aged care facilities are not your typical living environment. Join us as we discuss the need for screening and early detection in aged care facilities and how we can go about this.
In today’s episode:
~ How might older people present differently to the general population?
~ How often should we be screening aged care residents for signs of disease?
~ How should we monitor a COVID-19 positive patient within the aged care facility?
~ Why do we recommend a colour code system to simplify the system of what needs to be done for patients according to their COVID-19 status?
Prof Joe introduces Dr Sarah Whiting, an Infectious Diseases and General Medicine Specialist at The Alfred Hospital, to discuss the clinical guidelines and practicalities around screening residents living in aged care facilities.
References:
High KP, Bradley SF, Gravenstein S, Mehr DR, Quagliarello VJ, Richards C et al. Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation of fever and infection in older adult residents of long-term care facilities: 2008 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. CID. 2009 Jan. DOI: 10.1086/595683
British Geriatrics Society. Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes: Good Practice Guide. British Geriatrics Society. 2020 Mar. Available from: https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/covid-19-managing-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-care-homes
Australian Government Department of Health. Infection control expert groupL COVID-19 infection prevention and control for residential care facilities [internet]. Canberra: Department of Health. 2020 Apr [cited 2020 Apr 28]. Available from: https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/04/coronavirus-covid-19-guidelines-for-infection-prevention-and-control-in-residential-care-facilities.pdf
Episode 14 provides a discussion of Prof Joe’s fourth action point – – Detection, Surveillance, Isolation and Suspected Cases.
Today we delve further into the course of infection of COVID-19 and how it might present. But older people are not your typical population, and aged care facilities are not your typical living environment. Join us as we discuss the need for screening and early detection in aged care facilities and how we can go about this.
In today’s episode:
~ How might older people present differently to the general population?
~ How often should we be screening aged care residents for signs of disease?
~ How should we monitor a COVID-19 positive patient within the aged care facility?
~ Why do we recommend a colour code system to simplify the system of what needs to be done for patients according to their COVID-19 status?
Prof Joe introduces Dr Sarah Whiting, an Infectious Diseases and General Medicine Specialist at The Alfred Hospital, to discuss the clinical guidelines and practicalities around screening residents living in aged care facilities.
References:
High KP, Bradley SF, Gravenstein S, Mehr DR, Quagliarello VJ, Richards C et al. Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation of fever and infection in older adult residents of long-term care facilities: 2008 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. CID. 2009 Jan. DOI: 10.1086/595683
British Geriatrics Society. Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes: Good Practice Guide. British Geriatrics Society. 2020 Mar. Available from: https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/covid-19-managing-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-care-homes
Australian Government Department of Health. Infection control expert groupL COVID-19 infection prevention and control for residential care facilities [internet]. Canberra: Department of Health. 2020 Apr [cited 2020 Apr 28]. Available from: https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/04/coronavirus-covid-19-guidelines-for-infection-prevention-and-control-in-residential-care-facilities.pdf
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