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Impact of healthcare worker shift scheduling on workforce preservation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 41(12): 1443-1445, 2020 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-656539
ABSTRACT
Reducing severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections among healthcare workers is critical. We ran Monte Carlo simulations modeling the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in non-COVID-19 wards, and we found that longer nursing shifts and scheduling designs in which teams of nurses and doctors co-rotate no more frequently than every 3 days can lead to fewer infections.