Title of article :
errors and preventive measures of health‑care systems during covid‑19 pandemic
Author/Authors :
zaroushani, vida qazvin university of medical sciences - faculty of health - department of occupational health engineering, qazvin, iran , khajehnasiri, farahnaz tehran university of medical sciences - faculty of medicine - department of community medicine, tehran, iran
Abstract :
with the covid‑19 death toll being on a rise in some countries, managers must be aware of the immense mounts of stress that workers endure. human factors such as stress, load of duties, and fatigue can lead to an increase in medical errors. these effects are significantly more visible in health workers who face large number of covid‑19 patients. safety of these health workers can be improved by workplace assessment by mean hazard identification. health‑care workers are constantly exposed to different risk factors in workplace such as excessive fatigue due to long working hours without adequate rest.[1] hence, assessment of their quality of working life is of importance, especially in pandemics.
Keywords :
covid‑19 , pandemic , health care
Journal title :
Asian journal of social health and behavior
Journal title :
Asian journal of social health and behavior