Damp and unchanged personal protective equipment (PPE) was likely to blame for three of its healthcare workers getting Covid-19.
The staff tested positive for the virus last week, after caring for the coronavirus patients from Rosewood Rest Home and Hospital, and helping move some of them to Burwood Hospital in Christchurch.
Technical experts from the health board had been investigating how the staff became unwell, and today the health board said a "PPE breach" was the most likely scenario.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/covid-19/...ching-covid-19
The staff tested positive for the virus last week, after caring for the coronavirus patients from Rosewood Rest Home and Hospital, and helping move some of them to Burwood Hospital in Christchurch.
Technical experts from the health board had been investigating how the staff became unwell, and today the health board said a "PPE breach" was the most likely scenario.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/covid-19/...ching-covid-19