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Author Contributions
Patrick Wong (Conceptualization; Data curation; Supervision; Validation; Writing – original draft; Writing – review & editing)
Wan Yen Lim (Data curation; Writing – original draft; Writing – review & editing)
Huei Leng Chee (Writing – review & editing)
Rehana Iqbal (Validation; Writing – review & editing)
Healthcare worker’s rights | |
World Health Organization, Interim guidance (2020)* | Allow health workers the right to remove themselves from a work situation if they have a reasonable justification to believe that it presents an imminent and serious danger to their lives or health. |
European Resuscitation Council “COVID-19 Guidelines” (2020)† | Resuscitation should not be started or continued in cases where the safety of the provider cannot be sufficiently assured. |
General Medical Council (UK) “COVID-19 Questions and Answers” (2020)‡ | If a patient poses a risk to the health workers’ health or safety, they should take all available steps to minimize the risk before providing treatment or making other suitable alternative arrangements for providing treatment. |
Employer’s duty | |
World Health Organization, Interim guidance (2020)* | Ensure that all necessary preventive and protective measures are taken to minimize occupational safety and health risks. |
Provide adequate infection control and prevention and PPE supplies (masks, gloves, goggles, gowns, hand sanitizer, soap and water, cleaning supplies) in sufficient quantity to those caring for suspected or confirmed patients with COVID-19. | |
The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (1992)§ | Every employer shall ensure that suitable PPE is provided to his employees who may be exposed to a risk to their health or safety while at work except where and to the extent that such risk has been adequately controlled by other means which are equally or more effective. |
*World health organization. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak: rights, roles and responsibilities of health workers, including key considerations for occupational safety and health. World Health Organization, Interim Guidance. 2020 Mar [2020 Mar 18]. Available from http://www.who.int/publications/i/item/coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-outbreak-rights-roles-and-responsibilities-of-health-workers-including-key-considerations-for-occupational-safety-and-health,
†European Resuscitation Council. European Resuscitation Council guidelines. 2020 May [2020 May 15]. Available from http://erc.edu/sites/5714e77d5e615861f00f7d18/content_entry5ea884fa4c84867335e4d1ff/5ea8860e4c84867421e4d1e0/files/ERC_covid19_pages_section1.pdf?1588257319,
‡General medical council. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Questions and Answers. 2020 May [2020 May 7]. Available from http://www.gmc-uk.org/ethical-guidance/ethical-hub/covid-19-questions-and-answers,
§The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992. 2020 May [2020 May 13]. Available from http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2966/contents/made?view=plain.