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

  • Dan M. Kluger
  • , Yariv Aizenbud
  • , Ariel Jaffe
  • , Fabio Parisi
  • , Lilach Aizenbud
  • , Eyal Minsky-Fenick
  • , Jonathan M. Kluger
  • , Shelli Farhadian
  • , Harriet M. Kluger
  • , Yuval Kluger*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1443-1445
Number of pages3
JournalInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume41
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2020
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

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© 2020 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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