Around 100 aged care facilities across Australia identified as having “fallen short of best practice standards in relation to infection control” will be audited by assessors to check that they are equipped to protect residents against the spread of the virus.
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner, Janet Anderson (pictured), will oversee the audit.
“What I am most keen to ensure is that aged care providers and their boards are on the front foot on this,” she said.
The Quality Commission’s quality assessors will also be asking a new risk-based question on the minimisation of infection-related risks during all assessments of residential care and home care services:
“What action has the service taken to assess and minimise infection-related risks for the care of aged care consumers including the impact of a potential coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak?”
You can read the revised questions here.
