The 2020 Workplace Wellness Festival is being conducted online this year on 18 and 19 August. The Festival brings together more than 120 experts and is an opportunity to meet people who are changing the...
The Victorian Government has introduced a ‘single employer’ model for employees who work across multiple residential aged care facilities. All employees who work any shifts within any aged care facility managed by Monash Health or another provider will...
Yesterday, we took time to acknowledge and celebrate some of the remarkable work that’s occurring across Monash Health, at the first of three STAR Award presentations scheduled over the coming weeks....
With one week to go, we have broken the 90% barrier for flu vaccination or declaration. This is a fantastic result. There is now a particular focus on Emergency, ICU, NICU, and PICU, where we must reach 100% before we...
At Thursday's Webex Employee Forum we began announcing winners of our Say Thanks and Recognise (STAR) awards for the first half of this year. Chief Executive Andrew Stripp did live crosses throughout the forum to interview the winners. He noted: "It...
Thanks to Professor Jim Buttery, Head of Monash Immunisation for suggesting the JAMA podcast: ‘COVID-19 and the FDA’ at our medical grand round forum. In this informative podcast, JAMA’s Editor-in-Chief, Dr Howard Bauchner, interviews the US...
The Infection Prevention team has received advice from the mask manufacturer of the Ultra Health surgical mask boxes (pictured above) that some batches have incorrect instruction in step 1. The instruction is to don the mask with the blue coloured fabric...
You are invited to a free Webex Forum on Wednesday 12 August to hear AJ Williams-Tchen talk about the when, where, why and how we need to ask this identifying question. Event details Event Link: https://monashhealth.webex.com/monashhealth/onstage/g.php?MTID=e6d668c1b0dca996a4625be15d55dc485 Event number: 165 590 5862 Event password: monashhealth AJ is...
Frequently asked questions about Permitted workers and childcare permits have now been updated below and on the Coronavirus employee website. We will continue to update these as we receive advice from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Who is a...
With the Stage 4 lockdown and State of Disaster now in place and further restrictions for workplaces coming into force at 11.59pm tonight, I wanted to provide you with an important update. Healthcare workers do not...