COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
Eight recommendations for optimizing infection control and operating room management stand on a substantial body of empirical evidence characterizing the epidemiology of perioperative transmission and infection development, according to the authors of a recent paper.
Becker’s Hospital Review reached out to 73 hospital and health system leaders in the 10 states hardest hit by COVID-19 to get their thoughts on leadership, communication, surge planning, employee wellbeing, working with government and other topics.
With the COVID-19 pandemic placing extraordinary strains on health professionals and hospital staff, some health systems are finding creative ways to support their employees.
A nurse, a physician and a public health professor with experience in disaster response recommend health care organizations implement three strategies to enhance organizational cohesion and reduce adverse effects on employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hospitals, associations, academic institutions and commercial enterprises are currently offering a wide range of free courses and webinars to help clinicians refresh or gain skills needed to treat patients with COVID-19. Harvard University and edX announced they are launching a course on ventilator…
Writing in Modern Healthcare, leaders at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health argued “protecting staff from harm as a first principle” is essential as health systems battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today the Centers for Medicare…