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A comprehensive hospital agile preparedness (CHAPs) tool for pandemic preparedness, based on the COVID-19 experience

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Title: A comprehensive hospital agile preparedness (CHAPs) tool for pandemic preparedness, based on the COVID-19 experience
Authors: Adelaja, I
Sayma, M
Walton, H
McLachlan, G
De Boisanger, J
Bartlett-Pestell, S
Roche, E
Gandhi, V
Wilson, GJ
Brookes, Z
Yeen Fung, C
Macfarlane, H
Navaratnam, A
James, C
Scolding, P
Sara, H
Item Type: Journal Article
Abstract: COVID-19 presents an unprecedented challenge to hospitals and the systems in which they operate. The primary exponential surge of COVID-19 cases is arguably the most devastating event a hospital will face. In some countries, these surges during the initial outbreak of the disease have resulted in hospitals suffering from significant resource strain, leading to excess patient mortality and negatively impacting staff wellbeing. As experience builds in managing these surges, it has become evident that agile, tailored planning tools are required. The comprehensive hospital agile preparedness (CHAPs) tool provides clinical planners with six key domains to consider that frequently create resource strain during COVID-19; it also allows local planners to identify issues unique to their hospital, system or region. Although this tool has been developed from COVID-19 experiences, it has potential to be modified for a variety of pandemic scenarios according to transmission modes, rates and critical care resource requirements.
Issue Date: Jun-2020
Date of Acceptance: 1-Jun-2020
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/82559
DOI: 10.7861/fhj.2020-0030
ISSN: 2514-6645
Publisher: Royal College of Physicians
Start Page: 165
End Page: 168
Journal / Book Title: Future Healthcare Journal
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Copyright Statement: © Royal College of Physicians 2020. All rights reserved.
Publication Status: Published
Online Publication Date: 2020-06-15
Appears in Collections:Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction
Faculty of Medicine
Imperial College London COVID-19