Auditor-General's Report

In reply to Mrs HURN (Schubert) (2 November 2022).

The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Wellbeing): I have been advised:

CALHN is currently conducting a catch-up program to ensure all CALHN staff are compliant. This program will continue into 2023.

Following a further audit in late 2022, CALHN found 8,449 staff members with either an outstanding diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (dTpa) vaccination or incomplete vaccinations records, with a further 8,047 staff members compliant with the dTpa vaccinations and records kept. The Office of the Auditor-General's audit took place in August 2022.

CALHN is an adult-only service, so there is no exposure to neonates, who are at greatest risk of infection from pertussis. tetanus and diphtheria are not person to person transmissible infections in a healthcare setting.