The Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly, has approved an interim framework to support safe assessment and decision making when determining whether to place work restrictions on residential aged care workers. The framework supports decisions based on the context of the exposure low-risk (social contact), high-risk (household or household like), and workplace exposure.
This guidance follows the updated advice on the definition of contacts issued by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (here). The changes should assist in managing workforce, noting the challenges many providers are facing given the increasing number of cases in the community.
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