Critical Findings on COVID-19 Select Publications from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2021) / Chapter Skim
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Rapid Expert Consultation on Understanding Causes of Health Care Worker Deaths Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 10, 2020) Rapid Expert Consultation on Understanding Causes of Health Care Worker Deaths Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 10, 2020)
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Rapid Expert Consultation on Understanding Causes of Health Care Worker Deaths Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 10, 2020) INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic has created both acute and chronic stresses on the health care system and on health care personnel nationwide.
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Rapid Expert Consultation on Understanding Causes of Health Care Worker Deaths Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 10, 2020) BOX 1 Statement of Task As of August 24 Kaiser Health News and The Guardian report more than 900 potential deaths of health care workers (HCWs)
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Rapid Expert Consultation on Understanding Causes of Health Care Worker Deaths Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 10, 2020) CURRENT REPORTING OF DEATHS FROM COVID-19 AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS In the context of categories of harm assigned by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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Rapid Expert Consultation on Understanding Causes of Health Care Worker Deaths Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 10, 2020)
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Rapid Expert Consultation on Understanding Causes of Health Care Worker Deaths Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 10, 2020) Even in the absence of a pandemic such as COVID-19 or a local SARS outbreak, mental health risks among HCWs are high.
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Rapid Expert Consultation on Understanding Causes of Health Care Worker Deaths Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 10, 2020) UNIVERSAL MASKING AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AS A MEANS OF PROTECTING HEALTH CARE WORKERS Several studies point to ways to protect and support HCWs from transmissible diseases, including infection control practices, PPE use, and universal masking.
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Rapid Expert Consultation on Understanding Causes of Health Care Worker Deaths Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 10, 2020) In addition to providing physical protection to HCWs involved in the COVID-19 response, sufficient access to PPE has been shown to undergird HCW well-being.
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Rapid Expert Consultation on Understanding Causes of Health Care Worker Deaths Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 10, 2020) that the report identifies have clear implications for the development of a more comprehensive understanding of HCW mortality and morbidity due to COVID-19: • Adoption and use of a uniform national framework for collecting, recording, and reporting mortality and morbidity data; • Investment in improvements to data systems and tools for collecting, recording, and reporting individual count data at a SLTT level.
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Rapid Expert Consultation on Understanding Causes of Health Care Worker Deaths Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 10, 2020) Academies' Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats: Sue Anne Bell, University of Michigan, John Hick, University of Minnesota, and Matthew Wynia, University of Colorado.
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