Occurrence of opportunistic incidents in hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic

V Zaroushani; M Safari

doi:10.18502/tkj.v13i4.9139

V Zaroushani Assistant Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
M Safari Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, student Research Committee, School of Public Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/tkj.v13i4.9139

Keywords: Covid-19, incidents, Hospital, Occupational hazards

Abstract

For nearly two years, the world has been facing a common crisis as Covid-19. In the meantime, governments have suffered a wide variety of damages and costs, and damage to human capital and the loss of health professionals is one of the irreparable costs of health systems in all governments. During this crisis, health care systems and specialists were exposed to special occupational hazards over specific periods of time, and the exposure of the medical staff to these hazards in hospitals led to a number of opportunistic incidents. Investigation of opportunistic incidents can help identify the sources of occupational hazards of medical staff and lead to proper management of risks associated with these accidents. This article aims to draw researchers' attention to opportunistic incidents during the Covid 19 pandemic as a global crisis in hospitals.