Covid19 Part XVI- 21,983 in ROI (1,339 deaths) 3,881 in NI (404 deaths)(05/05)Read OP

HSE are talking alot of ****e , they need to start testing or this lockdown is a waste of everyones time. They still have not tested all staff in a family members nursing home , here is part of mail from nusring home. No wonder there are so many dying in them.



Unfortunately, there have been some ongoing delays between government announcements of assistance to the nursing home sector and actual implementation of proposed interventions. The Emergency Management Team took part in a conference call this morning with <Names snipped>. We highlighted the following concerns:

* Delay in staff testing: the only staff tested to date have been those self-referring to their GP after exhibiting symptoms and those who were on duty last weekend when all Residents were tested. We are still awaiting confirmation from the HSE as to when the remainder of our staff will be tested. I wish to reassure you at this stage that all <Snip> staff wear surgical masks at all times whilst working in the nursing home. We implemented this measure several weeks ago to minimise the risk of any staff member infecting others. In the case of Residents with suspected / confirmed covid, additional PPE is worn including regulator masks.
* Staffing assistance: we have not yet been contacted by the HSE regarding any staffing support. Thankfully we have been managing to staff the floor with a full complement of staff from the outset by existing staff working extra shifts and the management team working as carers when required. However staffing the floors is becoming increasingly difficult when staff members have to go into self-isolation. If/when full staff testing is rolled out, this may also further exacerbate the situation, depending on the outcome of test results.
We also continue to experience some difficulties in sourcing appropriate PPE. Whilst we have sourced our own supplies of PPE from the outset of this crisis and continue to do so, supply of certain products has been problematic: bulk purchasing of PPE by the HSE has limited the availability of stock which can be purchased by the private sector and there are numerous scams in circulation offering PPE which is either not fit for purpose or is non-existent. To date, supplies of PPE by the HSE have been in lower quantities than that requested by <Snip>. We have received extremely generous PPE donations from companies, individuals, family and friends, without which I believe that we would have run out of certain supplies by now.
At all times our infection control measures have, at a minimum, followed HPSC / HSE /HIQA recommended guidelines and we have introduced a number of measures in advance of them being recommended in national guidelines. We have daily Emergency Management Team meetings where Resident and staff health status’ are discussed along with infection control measures in place, any new guidance documents implemented, PPE supplies, staff training needs etc. All staff are continuing with strict hygiene and infection control protocols and we are closely monitoring staff temperatures twice per shift as per HSE guidelines.

ZX7R wrote: »

People who who are referred with the required criteria are been tested.

whats the required criteria ?

fritzelly wrote: »

Up to the 18th April - haven't seen any update since then

I don't understand that graph. Firstly you said up to 18th April but it goes up until yesterday. Also why does it spike to 219 deaths yesterday. That's hardly the day of occurrence for those deaths (i.e. 219 people did not die of Covid 2019 yesterday). There is always a considerable lag between the day a person died and the reporting of that date.

The last death-by-day-of-actual-occurrence graph showed a definitive peak on 7th April.