Considerations for acute care staffing during a pandemic.
Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol
; 35(3): 389-404, 2021 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-967096
ABSTRACT
The increase in interconnectedness of the global population has enabled a highly transmissible virus to spread rapidly around the globe in 2020. The COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) pandemic has led to physical, social, and economic repercussions of previously unseen proportions. Although recommendations for pandemic preparedness have been published in response to previous viral disease outbreaks, these guidelines are primarily based on expert opinion and few of them focus on acute care staffing issues. In this review, we discuss how working in acute care medicine during a pandemic can affect the physical and mental health of medical and nursing staff. We provide ideas for limiting staff shortages and creating surge capacity in acute care settings, and strategies for sustainability that can help hospitals maintain adequate staffing throughout their pandemic response.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Health Personnel
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Critical Care
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Workforce
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol
Journal subject:
Anesthesiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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