Preventing Intra-hospital Infection and Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Health-care Workers

Coronavirus disease 2019 poses an occupational health risk to health-care workers. Several thousand health-care 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...

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Published in:Safety and health at work Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 241 - 243
Main Authors: Gan, Wee Hoe, Lim, John Wah, Koh, David
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Korea (South) Elsevier B.V 01.06.2020
Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute
Elsevier
한국산업안전보건공단 산업안전보건연구원
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Coronavirus
Occupational health
SEIPS
Short Communication
예방의학
SEIPS
Occupational health
Coronavirus
ISSN:2093-7911, 2093-7997
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Summary:Coronavirus disease 2019 poses an occupational health risk to health-care workers. Several thousand health-care 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 health-care 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 health-care systems need to strive for in the face of a potential pandemic.
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209379112030161X
ISSN:2093-7911
2093-7997
DOI:10.1016/j.shaw.2020.03.001