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6.0 Physical Infrastructure Measures

Operational Intent: These performance measures examine how activities have been implemented to achieve the following outcome:

  • Examine and enhance physical infrastructure to ensure infection control for COVID-19 preparedness and response, as necessary

Program Performance Measure

Data Point

Data Entity

Calculation

PM 17: Percent of sub-recipients that implemented activities to examine and enhance physical infrastructure to improve infection control for COVID-19 (disaggregated by activity)

Which of the following actions to examine and enhance physical infrastructure did your facility or organization undertake using Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement COVID-19 Supplemental Funding? (Select all that apply)

  • Conducted an assessment of existing physical infrastructure to determine the need for additional infection controls (e.g., donning/doffing rooms, negative pressure rooms)
  • Reconfigured patient flow in emergency departments to provide isolation capacity for COVID-19 patients, PUIs, and other potentially infectious patients
  • Retrofitted, adapted, or created inpatient care areas for enhanced infection control (e.g., donning/doffing rooms)
  • Supported clinical laboratories’ capability and capacity for COVID-19 response
Improved capability and capacity to safely manage and dispose of COVID-19 contaminated waste
Sub-recipient

Number of sub-recipients that implemented activities to examine and enhance physical infrastructure to improve infection control for COVID-19 / total number of sub-recipients

PM 18: Percent of sub-recipients that successfully completed all planned physical infrastructure improvements necessary to enhance current COVID-19 infection controls

Was your facility or organization able to complete all planned enhancements? (Select one)

  • Yes
  • No
  • Only Some Desired Changes


(If selecting ‘No’ or ‘Only Some Desired Changes’) Why was your facility or organization unable to complete all planned enhancements? (Select all that apply)

  • Procedural and policy-related constraints
  • Legal and regulatory-related constraints
  • Inadequate staffing resources/expertise
  • Inadequate financial resources
  • Space and/or infrastructure limitations
  • Lack of administrative and clinical approvals of appropriate change requests
  • Delays resulting from contractual or budgetary changes
  • Other (free response)
Sub-recipientNumber of sub-recipients that successfully completed all planned physical infrastructure improvements necessary to enhance current COVID-19 infection controls / number of sub-recipients that examined potential physical enhancements (from PM 17)
PM 19: Percent of sub-recipients using alternative or innovative models to maintain continuity of operations by reconfiguring patient flow or transition to inpatient care

How did your facility or organization utilize Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement COVID-19 Supplemental Funding to implement alternative or innovative models to reconfigure patient flow or transition to inpatient care? (Select all that apply)

  • Leveraging acute-care alternate care sites (on facility grounds or in close proximity)
  • Creating offsite alternate care sites for sub-acute care
  • Increased use of telemedicine
  • Enhancing PSAP/tele-triage systems to streamline the triage process
  • Other (free response)

 

Sub-recipientNumber of sub-recipients that used alternative or innovative models to maintain continuity of operations by reconfiguring patient flow or transition to inpatient care / total number of sub-recipients


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  • This page last reviewed: April 08, 2021