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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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of occupational health 2020-01, Vol.62 (1), p.e12172-n/a, Article 12172
Hauptverfasser: 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
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1348-9585
1341-9145
1348-9585
DOI:10.1002/1348-9585.12172