Infection control
The transmission risk associated with SARS-CoV-2 forced numerous changes to the way hospitals operate. Now we’re not dealing with the worst excesses of the virus, how much
learning from this experience has been maintained in hospitals through permanent changes to infection control procedures? Professor Lyn Gilbert, former chair of Australia’s Infection Control Expert Group (ICEG), tells Abi Millar her thoughts.
Safe spaces D
uring the Covid-19 pandemic, hospital infection prevention and control (IPC) procedures were thrust into the spotlight
like never before. With a deadly new virus sweeping the globe, the onus was on all of us to mask up, wash our hands, and limit our contact with others. Meanwhile, clinics were forced to up their game. For many of us, the sight of a healthcare worker
kitted out in full personal protective equipment (PPE) became one of the abiding images of 2020. Hospitals didn’t do a perfect job. According to the Guardian, one in seven patients treated for Covid-19 in the UK between 1 August 2020 and 21 March 2021 (40,670 people) caught it in hospital while being treated for a different condition. However, it’s clear that doctors and nurses made a herculean
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