TY - BOOK
T1 - COVID-19: Occupational health and safety for health workers
T2 - Interim guidance
AU - Al-Emam, Rola
AU - Allegranzi, Benedetta
AU - Amster, Eric
AU - Brachman, Gwen
AU - Cassini, Alessandro
AU - Cometto, Giorgio
AU - Desai, Shalini
AU - Dhingra-Kumar, Neelam
AU - Ivanov, Ivan D.
AU - Jarosinska, Dorota
AU - Kane, Catherine
AU - Kieselbach, Berit
AU - Malik, Aiysha
AU - Mbayo, Guy
AU - Moon, Madison
AU - Neira, Maria
AU - Onyon, Lesley
AU - Peralta, Gene
AU - Rodriguez-Guzman, Julietta
AU - Simniceanu, Alice
AU - Willet, Victoria
N1 - This document is an update of the World Health Organization (WHO) interim guidance, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak: rights, roles and responsibilities of health workers, including key considerations for occupational safety and health, from 18 March 2020.
PY - 2021/2/2
Y1 - 2021/2/2
N2 - Health workers are at the front line of the COVID-19 outbreak response and as such are exposed to different hazards that put them at risk. Occupational hazards include exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens, violence, harassment, stigma, discrimination, heavy workload and prolonged use of personal protective equipment (PPE). This document provides specific measures to protect occupational health and safety of health workers and highlights the duties, rights and responsibilities for health and safety at work in the context of COVID-19.
AB - Health workers are at the front line of the COVID-19 outbreak response and as such are exposed to different hazards that put them at risk. Occupational hazards include exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens, violence, harassment, stigma, discrimination, heavy workload and prolonged use of personal protective equipment (PPE). This document provides specific measures to protect occupational health and safety of health workers and highlights the duties, rights and responsibilities for health and safety at work in the context of COVID-19.
M3 - Report
BT - COVID-19: Occupational health and safety for health workers
PB - WHO
ER -