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Hospital workers complain of minimal disclosure after COVID exposures.

May 27, 2020

Gold J, Hawryluk M. Kaiser Health News. May 13, 2020.

A successful safety culture is consistently evident across all areas of a hospital not only in clinical care units. This article highlights inconsistencies in COVID-19 infection communications across organizations and the negative impact on staff working to keep themselves, patients and hospital visitors safe.

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