âSee a problem, measure it, fix itâ: Push for surveillance to fight hospital infections
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Infection control experts are calling for a national and transparent surveillance system to track and help prevent painful, debilitating and potentially life-threatening infections patients pick up in Australian hospitals.
An estimated one in 10 people admitted to Australian hospitals will acquire an infection during their admission, a 2019 analysis suggested. The most common are urinary tract infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections.
Infection control researcher Professor Brett Mitchell at the University of Newcastle is calling for a national surveillance system to help prevent infections in hospitals.
See a problem, measure it, fix it : Push for surveillance to fight hospital infections
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A returned traveller blamed for spreading coronavirus through the Holiday Inn quarantine hotel by using a nebuliser is pushing for an independent review of his case because he does not trust the state government to investigate itself.
It comes as debate rages among scientists over whether a nebuliser really was the source of the outbreak, as the state government has suggested.
The man, who has chronic asthma, previously told
The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald he was twice given permission by Victorian health authorities to use the medical device, which turns liquid medications into a fine mist that can be inhaled, while in quarantine.