Practical Solutions for Healthcare Worker Protection During the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in the Ambulatory, Emergency, and Inpatient Settings.
Ambulatory Care Facilities
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections
/ epidemiology
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Infection Control
/ organization & administration
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
/ prevention & control
Pandemics
/ prevention & control
Personal Protective Equipment
Pneumonia, Viral
/ epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Journal
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1536-5948
Titre abrégé: J Occup Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9504688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
23
8
2020
medline:
20
11
2020
entrez:
23
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Protecting healthcare workers is an essential component of a successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The resource intensive nature of infectious disease protection, budgetary constraints, and global shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) make this a daunting task. Practical, easily implemented strategies for healthcare workers (HCW) protection are needed. We cross-reference the "Systems, Space, Staff, and Stuff" paradigm from disaster management and the "Hierarchy of Controls" approach to infection prevention from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to generate a narrative overview of worker protection strategies relevant to COVID-19. Alternative types of PPE, management of hazards, and reorganizing how people work can optimize HCWs protection. A comprehensive PPE strategy can utilize the "systems, space, staff, stuff" paradigm of disaster management to identify new or underutilized solutions to HCWs protection.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32826554
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002008
pii: 00043764-202011000-00016
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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