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APRIL 15, 2020

Positive Steps Perioperative Leaders Can Take to Address COVID-19

By David Taylor, MSN, RN, CNOR
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Today’s health care systems are in uncharted waters in relation to the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19. This rapidly evolving infectious disease outbreak is spreading at an unprecedented rate, leaving health care organizations overwhelmed and scrambling to keep up with the demands of affected patients. In the United States, there are an estimated 2.8 hospital beds per 1,000 patients and 160,000 ventilators.1 However, will it be enough as the nation