Outbreak Management: The Basics
When there's an outbreak, say it simply. Know the COVID-19 outbreak procedures and how to communicate them simply to others to keep safe and reduce the duration of an outbreak.
Description
These questions will support your recall of the key procedures to follow in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak at your facility. This foundational knowledge will help you to communicate basic information to older Australians and their family and carers. It will also help you to keep everyone safe and reduce the duration of an outbreak.
Learning Objective
By the end of this question set, learners will be able to:
- Recognise outbreak characteristics to ensure appropriate management.
- Recall procedures for managing visitors during an outbreak to ensure everyone's safety.
- Identify care practices during times of COVID-19, to reduce the risk of further spread.
Questions
- What is an outbreak?
- Is the outbreak over?
- Isolation
- Staffing arrangements
- Patient transfer
- Potential COVID-19
- Refusal to test
- COVID-19 precautions
- High risk settings
- N95 masks
- Outbreak plan
- Transmission-based precautions

Outbreak Management: The Basics
When there's an outbreak, say it simply. Know the COVID-19 outbreak procedures and how to communicate them simply to others to keep safe and reduce the duration of an outbreak.
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