Veterans Affairs Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, California (Dr Guo, Diaz-Caturan, Dr Reis, Dr Carritte, Dr Smith, Dr Wester, Dr Hall), Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California (Dr Guo, Dr Reis, Dr Carritte, Dr Hall), Linda University, School of Public Health Loma Linda, California (Dr Reis, Dr Hall), Southern California University of Health Sciences (Dr Smith), Loma Linda University Health (Dr Wester).
J Occup Environ Med. 2022 Jan 1;64(1):10-18. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002390.
Occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) departments in healthcare institutions can be quickly overwhelmed when COVID-19 infection rates rapidly and simultaneously increase in the workforce and the patients served. Our goal is to present a detailed toolkit of practical approaches for use by front-line OEM specialists to address workforce management tasks during pandemic surges.
Specific focus is on tasks related to employee symptom triage, exposure risk assessment, workplace contact tracing, and work restrictions.
Tools include strategies used by customer call centers, two decision support algorithms (exposure due to cohabitation or non-cohabitation), a color-coded employee case tracking tool, a contact tracing protocol, and documentation templates that serve as memory aids for encounters.
These tools are created with commonly used software. Implementation is feasible in most front-line OEM settings, including those with limited resources.
当医疗机构中的 COVID-19 感染率在员工和服务患者中迅速且同时增加时，职业与环境卫生（OEM）部门可能会迅速不堪重负。我们的目标是为一线 OEM 专家提供一套详细的实用方法工具包，以解决大流行期间的劳动力管理任务。
重点关注与员工症状分诊、暴露风险评估、工作场所接触者追踪和工作限制相关的任务。
工具包括客户呼叫中心使用的策略、两个决策支持算法（因同居或非同居导致的暴露）、员工案例跟踪工具、接触者追踪协议以及作为记忆辅助工具的文档模板。
这些工具是使用常用软件创建的。在大多数一线 OEM 设置中都可以实施，包括那些资源有限的设置。
