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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2.0 Readiness and Preparedness Measures

Operational Intent: This performance measure examines what activities have been implemented to achieve the following outcome:

  • Continue to address preparedness and readiness gaps for RESPTCs and other health care facilities

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PM 4: Percent of RESPTCs implementing activities to address readiness and preparedness gaps in RESPTCs and other health care facilities (disaggregated by activity)

Which of the following readiness and preparedness activities did your RESPTC implement using RESPTC COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Administrative Supplement funds? (Select all that apply)

  • Implement operational guidance and share promising practices for health care worker safety, including developing training opportunities for staff members outside of the immediate COVID-19 team to improve infection control measures, including PPE donning and doffing techniques
  • Increase the capacity for your RESPTC to conduct clinical trials for medical countermeasures and research the spread and transmission of COVID-19
  • Improve recruitment and retention of special pathogen trained staff with specialties that may be needed in COVID-19 response, including pediatrics, geriatrics, pulmonologists, and intensivists
  • Improve the transport of laboratory specimens to testing laboratories
  • Further develop plans for the segregation, storage, and processing of biohazardous waste
  • Expand travel history and symptom screening processes to points of entry other than/in addition to emergency department triage and registration areas
  • With attention to supply chain shortages, maintain appropriate stores and types of personal protective equipment (PPE), in accordance with CDC guidelines
  • Provide clinical recommendations, protocols, and standards of care for treating patients, including experimental protocols and crisis standards of care
  • Plan for coordinating in a medical surge event including how to screen patients for symptoms, rapidly isolate patients, provide PPE, and interfacility transport, if necessary
  • Transition ambulatory surgery centers to inpatient care for higher acuity patients
  • Identify alternate care sites (on facility grounds or within close proximity) and additional sites (offsite) for sub-acute care patients to increase capacity
  • Develop specific plans for at-risk populations, including homeless, older adults, individuals with chronic conditions, undocumented individuals, children, pregnant women, and individuals with disabilities, focusing on at-risk populations with increased morbidity and mortality from COVID-19
  • Other activities to address COVID-19 readiness and preparedness gaps (please briefly describe)
      RESPTCNumber of RESPTCs implementing activities to address readiness and preparedness gaps / Total number of RESPTCs
      PM 5: Percent of RESPTCs implementing specific plans for at-risk populations (disaggregated by population group)

      Did your RESPTC implement specific plans for at-risk populations, including homeless, older adults, individuals with chronic conditions, undocumented individuals, children, pregnant women, and individuals with disabilities, focusing on at-risk populations with increased morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 using RESPTC COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Administrative Supplement funds?

      • Yes
      • No

      If responding ‘Yes’ to the above question, please indicate the at-risk populations for which your RESPTC implemented specific COVID-19 plans. (Select all that apply)

      • Individuals experiencing homelessness
      • Older adults
      • Individuals with chronic conditions
      • Undocumented individuals
      • Children
      • Pregnant women
      • Individuals with disabilities
      • Other (free response)
      RESPTCNumber of RESPTCs responding ‘Yes’ to this measure / Number of RESPTCs selecting ‘Develop specific plans for at-risk populations’ in PM 4


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      • This page last reviewed: April 08, 2021