SHEA position statement on pandemic preparedness for policymakers: building a strong and resilient healthcare workforce.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-5-2024

Publication Title

Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America

Abstract

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many areas in the United States experienced healthcare personnel (HCP) shortages tied to a variety of factors. Infection prevention programs, in particular, faced increasing workload demands with little opportunity to delegate tasks to others without specific infectious diseases or infection control expertise. Shortages of clinicians providing inpatient care to critically ill patients during the early phase of the pandemic were multifactorial, largely attributed to increasing demands on hospitals to provide care to patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and furloughs.

First Page

1

Last Page

4

DOI

10.1017/ice.2024.62

ISSN

1559-6834

PubMed ID

38835227

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