COVID-19 Other Service Provider Information Pack

Provider Checklist
Public Health Information
- Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) National guidelines for public health units
- Department of Health Emergency response plan
Clinical Information
- Extension of the national COVID-19 emergency health response for a further six months to 31 March 2021
- includes Allied Health Providers Fact Sheet & FAQS
- includes Mental Health Providers Fact Sheet
- includes Nurse Practitioners Fact Sheet
- Information about home isolation when unwell suspected or confirmed cases
- Information for health care and residential care workers
- Isolation guidance
- COVID-19 General Advice
- Self-Isolation Information
- Self-Quarantine Information
- Information for Paramedics and Ambulance First Responders
- Crisis Lines (bottom of page)
- Mental Health Supports - Head to Health Link (COVID-19 specific)
- ADIS 24/7 Support Services for Drug and Alcohol Concerns
- Queensland Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies (QNADA)
- Western Queensland PHN Commissioned Primary Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Alcohol and other Drug services providers - link to our map of services
- Managing abusive client/patient behaviour – Resource List for Health Care Workers
- Cross-border travel for essential healthcare- Provider Factsheet - new
- Infection prevention control standards - RACGP
- Managing pandemic influenza in general practice
- Interim Guidelines for Infection Control and COVID-19 managemetn in Health Settings
- COVID-19 in other Workplaces
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Pandemic response guidance PPE in RAC and Disability - linked to RAC Direction No. 9 (Queensland Health) 5 pages - new
- Information on the use of surgical masks
- Wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Allied Health Professionals video
P2/N95 masks: ‘fit-testing’ vs ‘fit-checking’
- Fit-testing refers to a formal process of testing the seal achieved with a mask via exposure to a strongly-smelling substance which should be filtered out by the mask. If fit-testing is easily available, then it can be considered. However:
- Fit testing consumes P2/N95 masks, which are in short supply
- Fit testing needs to be repeated if staff gain / lose weight
- A fit-test does not remove the need for a fit-check with each mask use
Fit-checking is the process of ensuring a mask achieves a good seal once it has been applied and should occur each time a mask is donned, even if fit testing has previously been undertaken.
COVID-19 Posters
Consumer Information
- Staying Infection Free - education module
- Information about returning to your community
- Information for casual contacts of a confirmed case
- Information for residents of residential aged care services and family members
- Information for schools and early childhood centres students and parents
- Information for universities higher education and vocational education facilities, their students and staff
- What you need to know
Additional Help and Assistance
24/7 Crisis Line Services
Credits
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