Respiratory Illness
Covid Vaccinations
Karrinyup St Luke Medical Centre is a COVID 19 Vaccination centre offering the Pfizer Bivalent Vaccine.
You can book into one of our COVID 19 vaccination clinics online through Hotdoc or call our reception to secure your appointment.
Patient Notice
Karrinyup St Luke Medical Centre is a mixed billing practice where our Doctors will be charging private fees for all consultations.
We provide excellent facilities for our Doctors so as to deliver the best primary healthcare to the community.
Managing COVID at Home Most people with COVID-19 can care for themselves with some support from their GP.
Having a “kit” with some essential items will help to manage your symptoms and also assist your GP in assessing your wellbeing.
We recommend the following:
Triage
Reducing the spread of airborne infections like COVID-19, influenza and any respiratory illness in our community is essential and needs an effective triage system when attending a doctor’s surgery. This ensures we make the most appropriate type of appointment for you, whilst reducing the risk of spreading infections to others who may be more vulnerable.
You will be asked via our online booking platform or our reception team a series of triage questions relating to respiratory infection symptoms at the time of booking your appointment and on arrival at the clinic. If you answer ‘yes’ to having respiratory symptoms, you will be advised that everyone who attends the practice with respiratory symptoms will be required to wear a face mask. This is to help reduce the health risk to our vulnerable patients and staff. We understand this may not be possible for everyone, so please speak to our friendly reception team to discuss your options for care if you are not able to wear a mask. KSLMC is committed to providing health care to all patients and acknowledges that airborne infections pose an increased risk to others in the practice.
If you know that you do have a positive COVID-19 test or positive influenza test, we do ask that you advise reception at the time of booking an appointment.
Facemasks
Masks
The main value of wearing a mask is to protect other people. If used correctly, masks may prevent sick people from infecting others.
This is of particular importance because many patients with COVID-19 have NO symptoms or very mild symptoms and respiratory illness/airborne
Illness can be highly contagious.
Wearing a face mask is also a very community-minded and selfless practice which can help to protect you and others around you.