Safety of medical personnel in the world

Abstract

Medical personnel are exposed to many risks, meeting the requirements for ensuring an adequate level of safety is extremely difficult due to the complexity of healthcare in different countries. In addition, there are new threats, such as the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, which also caused the death of medical staff in contact with this virus on a daily basis, and from 2022, the war in Ukraine, which forced medical staff to adapt to previously unknown conditions for treating patients and face the real threat of bombing cities, lack of electricity, access to water, treatment in shelters and field conditions. It is also important to understand the issue – safe medical staff – safe patient. Another new threat to medical staff is also medical innovations – modern technologies, treatment methods in medicine and the need to train medical staff also in terms of their own and patients' safety. The level of safety of medical personnel can be considered in three organizational, technical and human categories. In building an appropriate level of safety, it is important to make the staff aware of the importance of the “safety culture” and the knowledge that each person working as medical staff is responsible for the level of safety not only for their own, but also for patients and non-medical staff. The level of safety of medical personnel can be considered in three organizational, technical and human categories. In building an appropriate level of safety, it is important to make the staff aware of the importance of the “safety culture” and the knowledge that each person working as medical staff is responsible for the level of safety not only for their own, but also for patients and non-medical staff. The level of safety of medical personnel can be considered in three organizational, technical and human categories. In building an appropriate level of safety, it is important to make the staff aware of the importance of the “safety culture” and the knowledge that each person working as medical staff is responsible for the level of safety not only for their own, but also for patients and non-medical staff.