Lens articles
In the Lens, Monash Nursing and Midwifery experts provide informed discussions and insights into issues and real-world problems of healthcare affecting patients, industry and the community.
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Summer time, and the swimming’s go-easy
Australians are emerging from winter and, where possible, enjoying trips to beaches and public pools, beach-side picnics, barbecues and get-togethers. Here’s how to reduce tour COVID risk.
Associate Professor Philip Russo
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Coming back stronger
Addressing the health, social and economic inequities in our communities is crucial in the COVID-19 recovery.
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Face masks versus face shields
Many people in Victoria are opting to wear face shields instead of face masks. It’s allowed – but are they as effective at preventing the spread of COVID-19?
Associate Professor Philip Russo
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Driving down the numbers
Takeaway coffee, yes; a stroll through Bunnings, no. The Victorian government has introduced tough stage four business restrictions to crack down on COVID-19 workplace transmission.
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COVID-19 case spike
Victoria’s shock 723 new infections could be the result of more testing, but people’s behaviour is probably also to blame.
Associate Professor Philip Russo
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Coping with COVID-19’s unknowns
Pandemic uncertainty is a global struggle, never more so than among COVID-19’s frontline healthcare workers – but can tolerance of medical uncertainty be taught?
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The thing about masks…
As rates of COVID-19 community transmission in Victoria increase, so toto does the importance of wearing masks, but they’re not a silver bullet in the fight against the disease’s spread.
Associate Professor Philip Russo
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COVID-19 lockdown life
It’s time to accept that moving in and out of various levels of restrictions may just be part of life as we know it in 2020, and likely 2021.
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High-rise lockdown
Public housing towers in Flemington and North Melbourne have been placed under ‘hard lockdown’, with 3000 residents confined to home for at least five days..
Associate Professor Philip Russo
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Lockdown reality check
Victoria’s COVID-19 spike, and return to suburban lockdown, is a reminder that we all need to follow the basics of infection control for some time yet.
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From spit to scrums
Don’t spit, change out of your kit at home, and clean match balls. These are just some of the ways sport is changing as COVID-19 restrictions ease.
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Explainer: Social distancing
As the coronavirus spreads, we’re being asked to practice social distancing, but why 1.5 metres? Is it our best estimate or is there solid evidence behind it?
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Hospitals that make us sicker
A surprising number of people are catching pneumonia or urinary tract infections in hospital, a new Australian study shows for the first time.
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Greening up the healthcare sector
Preparing the health sector for the global climate emergency Work is underway on how to best teach our future health workforce about environmental sustainability and its impacts.