Becker's Healthcare December 29, 2020
The Becker’s Clinical Leadership & Infection Control editorial team chose the following 10 patient safety issues for healthcare leaders to prioritize in 2021, presented below in no particular order, based on news, study findings and trends reported in the past year.
COVID-19. First referred to as a “mysterious pneumonia” in December 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 virus quickly spread across the globe, posing unprecedented challenges for hospitals. The first known COVID-19 death in the U.S. was documented Feb. 6. Since then, more than 330,000 additional Americans have died from the virus, according to data from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University.
In early 2020, scientists worldwide raced to understand the virus, learning more about symptoms, transmission and antibodies every day. While clinicians now...
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