With the decision to end the quarantine, it will be possible for those who have tested positive to return to work from Monday. This also applies to doctors and nursing staff. However, the new Corona regulation still raises “too many questions to properly plan hospital operations,” criticized Harald Mayer of the Austrian Medical Association. For example, it is unclear who is allowed to have patient contact under what conditions.
“It must be very clear who checks what, where and when,” demands the vice president of the Austrian medical association, Harald Mayer. “It is in any case certain that the hospital doctors cannot and do not want to do this. We are here to treat our patients, not to play the country’s police officer.” Mayer referred, among other things, to the fact that there should be access rules for the hospitals. With few exceptions, those who have tested positive are not allowed to visit anyone. It is also still open to staff who may have patient contact and under what conditions.
Relaxation must be thought through
Maximum safety is required, both for patients and doctors. “Hospitals are among the most sensitive areas of our healthcare system. Such easing in the midst of a pandemic situation must therefore be carefully thought through, regulated and also monitored in this environment,” said the vice president of the Austrian Medical Association and the president of the Federal Curia of Working Doctors.
ÖGK: “Irresponsible and incomprehensible”
The Austrian Health and Nursing Association (ÖGKV) said on Thursday that it was irresponsible and incomprehensible to deploy Covid-19 positive nurses. “Especially in hospitals, long-term care institutions and in home nursing, the most vulnerable people in society are cared for. It is irresponsible to intentionally expose these Covid-positive people across entire shifts,” warned ÖGKV President Eliabeth Potzmann.
Virologist Dorothee von Laer recently pointed out that the prescribed FFP2 masks only provide “a degree of protection” and that people infected with corona are particularly contagious two to three days before symptoms start. From a medical point of view, it also “doesn’t make much sense” that infected teachers are allowed to work in childcare, but there is an entry ban for children who have tested positive.
Source: Krone
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