Quality improvement tool for rapid identification of risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers.

ABSTRACT: The rapid growth of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, limited availability of personal protective equipment, and uncertainties regarding transmission modes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 have heightened concerns for the safety of healthcare workers (HCWs). Systematic studies of occupational risks for COVID-19 in the context of community risks are difficult and have only recently started to be reported. Ongoing quality improvement studies in various locales and within many affected healthcare institutions are needed. A template design for small-scale quality improvement surveys is proposed. Such surveys have the potential for rapid implementation and completion, are cost-effective, impose little administrative or workforce burden, can reveal occupational

SUBMITTER: Marmor M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7293763 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature