Impact of healthcare worker shift scheduling on workforce preservation during the COVID-19 pandemic. (20th December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kluger, Dan M.; Aizenbud, Yariv; Jaffe, Ariel; Parisi, Fabio; Aizenbud, Lilach; Minsky-Fenick, Eyal; Kluger, Jonathan M.; Farhadian, Shelli; Kluger, Harriet M.; Kluger, Yuval
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 41:Number 12(2020)
• Page Start: 1443
• Page End: 1445
• Publication Date: 2020-12-20
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.337
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

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.