Shortages of protective equipment and a lack of fitting masks were behind the COVID-19 infections of thousands of Victorian healthcare workers, experts have said. “Multiple failures” in the planning of PPE for healthcare workers have contributed to the infections, and there is still some way to go until the situation is fixed,” Physician Dr...
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Eating a balanced, nutritious diet and maintaining a healthy weight is important throughout your life, but can require more thought in senior years due to changes in your body and lifestyle. Between 30 and 40% of senior Australians are classed as obese, and this can have a big impact on the risk of conditions such as...
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One in ten Australians suffer harm during their hospital stay, yet patient safety investigations often fail to prevent similar incidents from happening again. What’s going wrong, and how can hospitals do better?
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