Volume 15, Number 2, Summer 2020

Patient Safety for Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists During the COVID-19 Pandemic

AUTHOR(S):

  • Tommie L. Robinson, Jr., PhD, CCC-SLP, Children’s National Hospital, Scottish Rite Center for Childhood Language Disorders, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USATracey Ambrose, AuD, CCC-A, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
  • Lemmietta G. McNeilly, PhD., CCC-SLP, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Rockville, MD, USA

To keep patients safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, changes are being made to clinical environments, service delivery is being provided via telepractice, and wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) is now part of the norm. This article will focus on maintaining the safety of patients, speech-language pathologists and audiologists during evaluation and treatment sessions. Necessary changes to clinical spaces will be highlighted, as well as issues that should be addressed or considered that will reduce medical errors and adverse patient safety events.

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