Gastro probe 'damning' of nursing home management
Posted Thu Jul 5, 2007 2:29pm AEST (ABC NEWS)
The Health Services Union has described the results of an investigation into a fatal food poisoning outbreak at a Camberwell nursing home in Melbourne as damning.
Five people died and many residents were ill with gastroenteritis at the Broughton Hall Nursing Home at Easter.
An audit found the home failed to provide staff with training and proper instructions for disease control, leading to a delay in the notification and identification of the outbreak.
The union's Shaun Hudson says he is outraged by the way the home's management handled the situation.
"I think it's lack of access to DHS [Department of Human Services] manuals relating to infection control measures ...that staff were not able to avail themselves of, at a time in need...it is completely unacceptable that a facility could be so mismanaged."
The operator of the Broughton Hall nursing home says it has introduced a number of changes since the audit.
Benetas says it has increased staff training and supervision, improved documentation processes, and introduced better feedback processes for residents and their families.
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