Executive Summary
The pandemic has wreaked havoc with health care systems’ surgical staffs. Some clinicians are fatigued and stressed, and many are out of practice. They are having to contend with large backlogs of procedures that were postponed. And they have to contend with the ongoing pandemic, with all its uncertainties. To keep surgical staffs and patients safe during these difficult times, health systems should take four steps: make risk visible; ensure that staffs are abiding by existing procedures and protocols and adopting new ones when the need arises; double down…
