An alliance with public health in pursuit of COVID-19 evidence
Walker, Inna ; Powers, Cassandra ; Fortescue-Webb, Duncan ; Montague, Chloe ; Skidmore, Angela ; Walker-Bone, Karen ; Fraser, Simon
2020
Early View
1-3
epidemic disease ; occupational health ; healthcare worker ; health service
Medicine - Toxicology - Health
https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaa164
English
"The COVID-19 pandemic presented occupational health (OH) teams with unprecedented challenges and demands [1]. Early in the pandemic, guidance from specialty societies and Royal Colleges began to emerge. It was often based on extrapolations from pathogens before SARS-CoV-2, not specific enough to inform the frequently complex scenarios facing OH specialists, and at times contradictory. Hefty responsibility fell on the shoulders of OH professionals, who hold the delicate balance of advising on how best to protect staff while not compromising care for patients."
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