COVID-19: Team and Human Factors to Improve Safety | PSNet

COVID-19: Team and Human Factors to Improve Safety | PSNet

Patient Safety Primers 

COVID-19: Team and Human Factors to Improve Safety

This primer describes stressors relevant to the healthcare response to the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of care deliverers and the significant personal toll the pandemic is taking on individuals who work in the healthcare system. This primer highlights foundational patient safety strategies – signage, workflow review and redesign, checklists and simulations – whose implementation is more important than ever for keeping patients and healthcare providers safe in the age of COVID-19.