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Impact of healthcare worker shift scheduling on workforce preservation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kluger, Dan M; Aizenbud, Yariv; Jaffe, Ariel; Parisi, Fabio; Aizenbud, Lilach; Minsky-Fenick, Eyal; Kluger, Jonathan M; Farhadian, Shelli; Kluger, Harriet M; Kluger, Yuval.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ; 41(12): 1443-1445, 2020 12.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-656539

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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.

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COVID-19 , Health Workforce/organization & administration , Infection Control/methods , Medical Staff, Hospital , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling , Safety Management/standards , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/prevention & control , Connecticut/epidemiology , Humans , Medical Staff, Hospital/organization & administration , Medical Staff, Hospital/statistics & numerical data , Occupational Exposure/prevention & control , Organizational Innovation , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling/organization & administration , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling/standards , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling/trends , SARS-CoV-2 , Safety Management/organization & administration

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