COVID-19 Other Service Provider Information Pack

Provider Checklist

• Checklist - Other Service Providers COVID-19 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

Mental Health, Suicide, and Drug and Alcohol Use Information

• 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

Infection Control and Pandemic Management Guidelines

• 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

• Information for travellers - know the signs poster

 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