The phrase "a minimum of staff" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the least number of personnel required for a task or operation.
Example: "To ensure the project runs smoothly, we need to maintain a minimum of staff on-site at all times."
Alternatives: "a bare minimum of personnel" or "the least number of employees".
Even with that money, schools will open Sept. 9 with a minimum of staffing and sharply curtailed extracurricular activities and other programs.
Third, intermediate care requires a minimum of nursing staff to guarantee quality of care delivery.
For a university to be said of quality, it is required to have a minimum of five academic staff with Ph.D. qualifications, five with Master's degree and 10 with bachelor's degree per each degree programme with a minimum of ten courses (TCU 2014: 6).
The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) requires that any higher education institution have a minimum of five academic staff with Ph.D. qualifications, five with Master's degree and 10 with Bachelor's degree (Graduate assistants) per each degree programme with a minimum of ten courses (TCU 2014: 6).
The laboratories must have a minimum of six laboratory staff including two technologists/technicians, two laboratory assistants and two attendants under the leadership of the district laboratory technologist.
Several assumptions were made: in order to effectively run a teaching programme in a department, a minimum of four senior staff at the level of Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, or Professor are needed at any point in time.
Although preliminary, the results showed the feasibility of implementing syndrome surveillance in a developing country at low cost, with good cooperation by SGPs (daily data transfer rate estimated to 89%) and a minimum of effort by staff.
Other recommendations included planning of personnel with the suggestion that a minimum of two qualified staff members, an ICU nurse and ICU physician, should accompany the patient [ 11, 12, 16- 24] and the need for clear communication to ensure that the patient is expected at the destination department [ 16, 20, 22- 24] and to confirm that the receiving party is ready [ 11, 12, 20, 23, 24].
Only recurrent expenditures were considered for pre-service and on-the-job training (elsewhere referred to as "Continuous Medical Education"), excluding capital and investment costs, as the focus of the exercise was on the financial feasibility of training and recruiting a minimum number of staff; training facilities investment plans were discussed separately [ 23].
