CALHN staff are to follow the CALHN management of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) policy PRC05409 –COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) - Management Guide which is available from eCentral.
Other resources
- CALHN COVID-19 Clinical Pathways Matrix | 26 July 2021
- CALHN COVID-19 Transmission based precautions guide | 3 August 21
- CALHN COVID-19 Exposure management flowchart | 4 November 2020
Surgery
- CALHN COVID-19 risk stratification for Tech Suite workflow | 6 January 2022
- CALHN COVID-19 risk stratification for TQEH theatre – EMERGENCY | 18 January 2022
- CALHN COVID-19 risk stratification for TQEH theatre – ELECTIVE | 18 January 2022
- CALHN COVID-19 elective surgery pre-operation screening workflow | 18 January 2022
Emergency department
- CALHN COVID-19 ED Inpatient areas flowchart v26 | 7 January 2022
How will my patients be looked after if they have COVID and require an inpatient admission?
All patients with confirmed COVID will be admitted under the 102 COVID inpatient unit and looked after by the COVID general medicine team on a COVID ward. We have had some discussions with mental health. There's a very limited exception to where asymptomatic or very mildly symptomatic COVID patients with significant mental health requirements will be kept under mental health but otherwise patients will be admitted under 102.
We have a model of joint inter-specialty care and we'll have daily discussions with the patient's home subspecialty medical team or surgical team to discuss how their management of their specific medical or surgical issues and their COVID management should jointly proceed.
There will be joint infectious diseases and 102 discussion regarding specific disease therapeutics for their COVID management and joint intensive care and 102 discussions regarding escalation of respiratory supports if required for the management of patients with COVID.
Mental health
Detention
- South Australian Public Health Act 2011 - Power to require detention and review of detention orders by Supreme Court s77 s78
- COVID-19 proforma guide to make an urgent oral detention order under section 77 (3) (staff only access)
- COVID-19 management of patients who fail to comply with the direction to remain in hospital for treatment (staff only access)
Clinical Ethics committee
Staff can access this information from the intranet.
Medical records and coding
Staff can access this information from the intranet.