Patient, surgeon, and health care worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hölscher AH. Patient, surgeon, and health care worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ann Surg. 2021;274(5):681-687. doi:10.1097/sla.0000000000005124.
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.