Impact of the Organizational Model Adopted during the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Perceived Safety of Intensive Care Unit Staff

Article Infectious Diseases

Prospective surveillance study in a 1,400-bed university hospital: COVID-19 exposure at home was the main risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 point seroprevalence among hospital staff

Christina Bahrs et al.

Summary: A prospective cohort study among hospital staff in Jena University Hospital found a low risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection for healthcare workers, possibly due to high compliance in wearing personal protective equipment.

TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES (2022)

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Review Infectious Diseases

Infection control in the intensive care unit: expert consensus statements for SARS-CoV-2 using a Delphi method

Prashant Nasa et al.

Summary: There is a wide variation in the clinical practice of infection control and prevention for SARS-CoV-2 in ICU. International experts have developed consensus statements on infection control, including 25 clinical practice statements. However, consensus has not been reached on the optimal return to work criteria for healthcare workers infected with SARS-CoV-2 or the acceptable disinfection strategy for heat-sensitive instruments used for airway management of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Further research is needed to address these uncertainties.

LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2022)

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Letter Nursing

COVID-19 acquisition risk among ICU nursing staff with patient-driven use of aerosol-generating respiratory procedures and optimal use of personal protective equipment

Piet Lormans et al.

INTENSIVE AND CRITICAL CARE NURSING (2021)

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Article Nursing

Post-crisis debriefing: A tool for improving quality in the medical emergency team system

Elena Conoscenti et al.

Summary: The survey results indicate that post-crisis debriefing is perceived as a powerful tool for improving the quality of rapid response systems by the vast majority of participants.

INTENSIVE AND CRITICAL CARE NURSING (2021)

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Article Primary Health Care

Hospital-Based Health Care Worker Perceptions of Personal Risk Related to COVID-19

Everett Chu et al.

Summary: Health care workers treating COVID-19 patients face significant stressors, with nurses more likely to consider job resignation compared to medical providers. Despite the stress burden, the majority of health care workers displayed high levels of altruism in their desire to treat COVID-19 patients.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE (2021)

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Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Knowledge, preventive behaviors and risk perception of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Turkish health care workers

Tufan Arslanca et al.

Summary: The study found that the knowledge level of healthcare workers regarding COVID-19 was generally high, but there was a lack of competence in terms of preventive behaviors, especially among males.

PLOS ONE (2021)

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Letter Nursing

Good habits from the pandemic age to bring home: Effective communication and briefing tools

Elena Conoscenti et al.

INTENSIVE AND CRITICAL CARE NURSING (2021)

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Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

ECMO Retrieval over the Mediterranean Sea: Extending Hospital Arms

Brianna A. Hildreth et al.

Summary: The study analyzed the risk factors for mortality in patients transported with V-V ECMO by a mobile team in Sicily, Italy, revealing that patients transported by helicopter had higher survival rates upon ICU discharge and better survival probabilities.

MEMBRANES (2021)

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