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Chair File: Ensuring a Culture of Safety to Protect our Patients and Care Teams

News coverage continues to show that many hospitals have been stretched beyond capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each wave has brought incredible pressure on our health care workforce, and the physical and emotional exhaustion is leading to ever greater staff shortages at hospitals. 

Hospital visitation restrictions hurt patients and nurses

In an op-ed in Medpage Today, Karen Cox, PhD, RN, and Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH, called patient visitation “a silent safety net,” which improves patient outcomes and reduces

Supporting Those Who Care for Patients

Our workforce continues to confront a landscape deeply altered by the pandemic’s effects. This is especially true of nurses, who are essential in all aspects of health care delivery.

OSHA announces inspections of facilities serving COVID-19 patients

This week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced an enforcement memorandum for a short-term increase in highly focused inspections

CDC: Encourage pregnant patients to receive vaccines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week urged clinicians to educate pregnant and potentially pregnant patients about the benefits and safety of COVID-19

COVID-19 simulation used to improve ICU safety

To better understand operational issues related to infection control, researchers at the University of China in Hong Kong designed and implemented a high-fidelity clinical simulation of intensive care admission and intubation of a patient with suspected or known COVID-19.

Human factors engineering can improve safety during pandemic

COVID-19: Stress and Coping Resources

We hope you find the strategies and resources on this page useful to manage your own mental wellbeing, and the mental wellbeing of your health care providers during the pandemic or any other crisis.

Maternal and Child Health During COVID-19

To help hospitals and health systems address maternal and neonatal health during this public crisis, the AHA has assembled resources from across the field that you may find useful as you provide safe and high-quality care to mothers and babies during this time.

Strengthening Our Health Care Workforce Must Be Top of Mind for Everyone

The AHA is committed to helping hospitals and health systems support their people today, prepare them for tomorrow and build a pathway for the future.