How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

  The royal commission’s report on the aged care sector’s failed response to the pandemic does not go far enough and a full inquiry should be held, says a leading aged care expert. The report by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety on the aged care sector’s response to COVID-19 was written... Read More

  A matron with 24 years’ experience administered the first COVID-19 vaccine in the world overnight when she gave 90-year-old Margaret Keenan the much-anticipated jab. May Parsons administered the vaccine 6.31am British time in Coventry, marking the beginning of one of the largest vaccination efforts ever undertaken.   “It’s just so strange and wonderful really”... Read More

Early COVID-19 images of swabbing from Wuhan, China, looked more like an Ebola news story — health-care workers fully encased in personal protective equipment (PPE), inserting swabs so deeply that brain injury seemed imminent. As COVID-19 (and testing) spread around the world, there were reports of “brain scraping”, “brain stabbing” or “brain tickling” swabs. Perhaps... Read More