SARS-CoV-2 safety: Guidelines for shielding frontline nurses.

Protecting nurses in healthcare facilities from SARS-CoV-2 infection is essential for maintaining an adequate nursing force. Foundational guidelines, consistently utilized, protect the nursing staff from infection. This article describes guidelines designed to reduce acute infection and associated morbidity and mortality among nursing staff and improve compliance with infection prevention protocols.

SARS-CoV-2 safety guidelines for frontline nurses.

Protection of nurses in healthcare facilities from SARS-CoV-2 infection is essential for maintaining an adequate nursing force. Foundational guidelines consistently utilized, will protect the nursing staff from infection. This article provides guidelines that, when followed by frontline nursing staff, can reasonably be expected to reduce acute infection, associated morbidity, and mortality.

Guidelines for Frontline Health Care Staff Safety for COVID-19.

This document establishes safety guidelines for physicians, nurses, and allied health care and facility staff who may be exposed to patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a health care facility. SARS-CoV-2 infection is highly contagious and places health care workers at risk for infection resulting in coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Physicians, nurses, and allied health care and facility staff in all frontline environments must be provided and utilize necessary personal protective equipment (PPE).