TABLE 4.

Stabilizing Elements: Representative Quotes

Teamwork and collegiality	“… The team spirit is excellent. So I think that although it was difficult in challenging times … but then you had every member of the team that was willing to assist.” (South Africa)
	“And second good thing was everyone was concerned for the colleague's health.” (Pakistan)
	“Those who are here who are giving like 300%, not even 100% or 50%.” (Mexico)
Debriefing	“… We've always had that culture of debriefing talking about things other than oncology finding out how we coping with whatever is happening. So when we moved into the pandemic I personally felt that we just were carrying on with the unit culture.” (South Africa)
	“We're all pretty nervous at first and so we texted each other constantly. It was like we had this group chat going on 24 hours a day for probably the first couple of weeks because we're all like, really nervous. And we shared like every bit of information and discussed every article that came out and we were kind of all over it.” (United States)
Institutional algorithms or policies	“I have felt that not only patient but staff safety has really been a priority.” (United States)
	“So‐‐ but I think the level we manage well and the algorithm, the policies and the SOP were very helpful when people are contacting us and reaching us to how to manage COVID‐19 at home or at office level or at, if any, anyone colleague or family member are infected with the COVID in their home or in their office to help manage.” (Pakistan)
Making a difference	“Despite the anxiety, stress, fear, doctors, nurses, auxiliaries, the other type of staff of the hospital, everyone … was motivated to come to work because we knew that there was a problem and that it was going to affect not only the hospital but the health system.” (Haiti)

Abbreviations: COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; SOP, standard operating procedures.