Responding to the COVID‐19 pandemic: The role of occupational health services in a tertiary hospital in Singapore

With coronavirus disease 2019 declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, occupational health services in a tertiary hospital in Singapore stepped up via a three‐pronged approach, namely, protection of individual staff, protection of staff workforce, and preventio...

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Autores principales: Hwang, Jeff, Yong, Elsie, Cheong, Karen, Ling, Zheng Jye, Goh, Lay Hoon, Lim, Fong Seng, Loh, Victor, Bagdasarian, Natasha, Somani, Jyoti, Archuleta, Sophia, Sng, Judy, Lim, See Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Opinion
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7557359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33058404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12172
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Sumario:With coronavirus disease 2019 declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, occupational health services in a tertiary hospital in Singapore stepped up via a three‐pronged approach, namely, protection of individual staff, protection of staff workforce, and prevention of nosocomial spread so as to support business continuity plans. Despite the multiple new challenges brought by the COVID‐19 pandemic, the hospital's occupational health services were able to adapt and keep all employees and patients safe with strong support from senior management and close collaboration with various departments.

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