Recommendations for the safety of hospitalised patients in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To map the recommendations for hospitalised patient safety in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Scoping review using the method recommended by the Joanna Briggs Institute.

Data sources

Databases: Medline, SCOPUS, EMBASE, ScienceDirect, LILACS, CINAHL and IBECS; grey literature platform: Google Scholar; and 11 official websites of leading healthcare institutions were searched on 27 April 2021 and updated on 11 April 2022.

Eligibility criteria

We included documents that present recommendations for the safety of hospitalised patients in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, published in any language, from 2020 onwards.

Data extraction and synthesis

Data extraction was performed in pairs with consensus rounds. A descriptive analysis was

SUBMITTER: Martins MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9485646 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature