Patient, surgeon, and health care worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arnulf H Hölscher

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Patient, surgeon, and health care worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 3, 2021

Hölscher AH. Ann Surg. 2021;274(5):681-687.

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In 2020, the World Health Organization prioritized healthcare worker safety as a way to maintain patient safety. This article describes several initiatives aimed at protecting surgeons, patients and healthcare workers implemented since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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