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  • Saf Health Work. Preventing intra-hospital infection and transmission of COVID-19 in healthcare workers


    Saf Health Work. 2020 Mar 24. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2020.03.001. [Epub ahead of print]
    Preventing intra-hospital infection and transmission of COVID-19 in healthcare workers.


    Hoe Gan W1,2,3, Wah Lim J1,2, Koh D4,3.

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    Abstract

    Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses an occupational health risk to healthcare workers. Several thousand healthcare workers have already been infected, mainly in China. Preventing intra-hospital transmission of the communicable disease is therefore a priority. Based on the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety model, the strategies and measures to protect healthcare workers in an acute tertiary hospital are described along the domains of work task, technologies and tools, work environmental factors, and organizational conditions. The principle of zero occupational infection remains an achievable goal that all healthcare systems need to strive for in the face of a potential pandemic.
    ? 2020 The Authors.



    KEYWORDS:

    Coronavirus disease 2019; SEIPS; occupational health


    PMID:32292622PMCID:PMC7102575DOI:10.1016/j.shaw.2020.03.001
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