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<td><h1><a name="h1" id="h1"></a> Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity</h1>
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<td><div id="centerContent"><p><strong>Public Health Emergency Preparedness</strong></p> <div class="headnote">
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<h4>Bioterrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies<br />
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Tools and Models for Planning and Preparedness</h4>
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<p>A new resource can help public health officials and hospital and health facility
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staff determine how to best choose and use a formerly closed hospital or health
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facility to care for patients in advance of natural or man-made disasters.</p>
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<p>Select to <a href="#Download">Download Information</a>.</p>
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<h2>Background</h2>
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<p><em>Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity</em>, a new report from
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the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), offers some important,
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timely information to prepare emergency responders and public health officials
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for disasters. The report includes the Surge Toolkit and Facilities Checklist
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for planning and site inspection.</p>
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Among the issues covered in the report and the Surge Toolkit and Facilities
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Checklist:</p>
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<h3>Facility Structure and Status</h3>
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<ul><li>How long has the facility been closed? Does it have adequate structural integrity? </li>
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<li>Does the facility have functioning plumbing, electricity, hot water, and HVAC?</li>
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<li>Does the facility have bulk and portable medical gas supplies? Fire safety equipment supplies? </li>
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<h3>Equipment and Supplies </h3>
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<ul><li>How will biomedical equipment, pharmacy, and dietary services be provided? </li>
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<li>Are disposable medical equipment and supplies available? </li>
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<h3>Staffing</h3>
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<li>What Federal, State, local, and non-government resources will be used to cover staffing? </li>
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<li>Are there mutual aid agreements with surrounding area hospitals? </li>
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<li>What staff skill mix is needed? In which medical specialty areas? </li>
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<li>How will volunteers be used? </li>
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<h3>Public Transport</h3>
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<ul><li>Does the local transit authority have preexisting agreements with local firms to provide buses and wheelchair vans? </li>
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<li>Are private ambulance services available? </li>
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<h3>Security</h3>
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<ul><li>Is a radio communications vendor available? Are satellite phones available and working? </li>
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<li>Are there area contractors who can install temporary chain link fences, jersey barriers, etc? </li>
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<li>How will police and military personnel be used?</li>
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<p>These topics and many more are covered in this report, which was prepared
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under contract to AHRQ by Abt Associates Inc. </p>
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<a id="Download" name="Download"></a>
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<h2>Download Information</h2>
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<p>The full report and the Surge Toolkit and Facilities Checklist are
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available in both Web and PDF file formats. Your browser may support
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downloading these files from this page by using the links below. Right click
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<li> <a href="shuthosp.htm">Full Report—Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity</a> (<a href="shutreport.pdf">PDF File</a>, 1.6 MB). <a href="/pdfhelp.htm">PDF Help</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="toolkitchecklist/">Surge Toolkit and Facility Checklist</a> (<a href="shuttools.pdf">PDF File</a>, 525 KB). <a href="/pdfhelp.htm">PDF Help</a>.</li>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of March 2006</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Reopening "Shuttered" Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity</em>. March 2006. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/</p>
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