COVID trade-offs: How to keep testing rates high With low case numbers and coronavirus fatigue setting in, is it time to make testing more palatable and favour quantity as much as quality?
Australia’s COVID-19 response may have saved more than 16,000 lives Despite some saying the response has been ‘drastic’, new research has highlighted its strengths, and the need to remain vigilant.
Many symptomatic Australians not staying home or getting testing This is despite compliance with other COVID-safe behaviours remaining high, a Monash University survey has found.
Many N95 masks do not properly fit women or people of Asian descent UPDATED: A literature review has found a lack of fit-testing may be placing some healthcare professionals at higher levels of COVID risk.
Serology study appears to support GPs’ hunch on coronavirus testing Up to 60,000 COVID cases may have been missed during the first wave of the pandemic, supporting the idea that testing criteria were not wide enough.
How does Australia compare in the global fight against COVID-19? As worldwide cases surpass 27 million and deaths approach 900,000, Australia has experienced different levels of success in battling coronavirus.
GPs in high COVID areas should get respirators fit-tested: Experts GPs have one of the lowest P2/N95 fit-testing rates among Australian healthcare workers, with new research indicating it may be less than 5%.
More than eight-in-10 symptomatic people not getting tested A Monash University survey has found while compliance with COVID-safe behaviours is high, messaging around testing is still not getting through.
‘A really valuable service’: GP-led COVID-19 respiratory clinics As case numbers continue to spike, a new RACGP resource is designed to guide the establishment and ongoing management of GP-led respiratory clinics.
GPs join chorus of alarm surrounding contact tracing Lag times for notifying close contacts have stretched to four weeks in some instances, potentially allowing the disease to spread unchecked.