NEJM February 17, 2022
For about two decades, the U.S. health care system was making strides in improving patient safety, as demonstrated by the reduction of health care–associated infections and other complications of care.1 Though there was still room for improvement, the trends were certainly in the right direction. Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, however, many indicators make it clear that health care safety has declined. The public health emergency has put enormous stress on the health care system and disrupted many normal activities in hospitals and other facilities. Unfortunately, these stressors have caused safety problems for both patients and staff. Managing the competing priorities of providing care for large numbers of patients with Covid, as well as for the patients without Covid who...
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