Are you alert and ready? Safeguarding against infectious illness in aged care settings
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Older Australians, particularly those that reside in residential aged care settings or in multigenerational households, are vulnerable to the ongoing risk of contracting and becoming seriously ill from COVID-19 and other highly infectious illnesses such as influenza and gastroenteritis.
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2: The Organisation
4: The Environment
5: Clinical Care
Outcomes
2.10: Emergency and disaster management
4.2: Infection prevention and control
5.2: Preventing and controlling infections in delivering clinical care services
