Impact of healthcare worker shift scheduling on workforce preservation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dan M. Kluger, Yariv Aizenbud, Ariel Jaffe, Fabio Parisi, Lilach Aizenbud, Eyal Minsky-Fenick, Jonathan Kluger, Shelli Farhadian, Harriet M. Kluger, Yuval Kluger
Abstract
Reducing severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections among healthcare workers is critical. We ran Monte Carlo simulations modeling the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in non-COVID-19 wards, and we found that longer nursing shifts and scheduling designs in which teams of nurses and doctors co-rotate no more frequently than every 3 days can lead to fewer infections.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PandemicSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Workforce2019-20 coronavirus outbreakHealth careHealthcare workerMedicineScheduling (production processes)Emergency medicineMedical emergencyVirologyOperations managementInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)EngineeringPolitical scienceDiseaseLawOutbreakCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsCOVID-19 and Mental Health