Infrastructure/Operations
Below are guidelines, courses, webinars, and tools to help countries improve their infrastructure and operations as it relates to providing better care to COVID-19 patients and setting up facilities and centers to do so.
Guidelines
WHO: Technical specifications for Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Plants
Minimum requirements that a PSA Oxygen Plant must meet for use for the administration of medical-grade oxygen.
- Language: English
- For: Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO. Updated 6/08/2020
- Language: Urdu
- For: Public Health Organizations
- Created by: CDC. Updated 1/29/2021
Courses and Training Programs
Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Treatment Facility Design
1-hour course provides design principles for COVID-19 screening areas for health care facilities, community facilities, and SARI treatment centers, including how to repurpose an existing building into a SARI treatment center.
- Language: English, Português, русский, العربية -, Italiano, Bahasa Indonesia, Español, Français, Tiếng Việt, Tetun
- For: Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO
COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response
3-module, 2-hour learning package introduces the context for the need for a coordinated global response plan to the COVID-19 outbreak and offers required guidance to implement the Operational Planning Guidelines to Support Country Preparedness and Response.
- Language: English, Português, Français, русский, 中文, Bahasa Indonesia, العربية -, Español
- For: Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: WHO
Webinars
Oxygen conservation Tip for the Non-Engineer
1-hour webinar on oxygen conservation for the non-engineer
- Language: English
- For: Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: Open Critical Care. Presented by USAID STAR-UCSF COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group. Updated 5/21/2021
Additional Resources
Comprehensive Hospital Preparedness Checklist for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Checklist for hospitals to assess and improve preparedness for a community-wide outbreak of COVID-19.
- Language: English
- For: Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: CDC. Updated: 3/25/2021
Facility Level Respiratory Care Commodity Quantification Framework
Adaptable framework for understanding types and quantities of select respiratory care supplies needed to care for patients with respiratory failure.
- Language: English
- For: Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
- Created by: Open Critical Care, USAID, STAR
Predicting Surge Requirements for Medical Gas Consumption
This resource is intended to improve communication between Medical Gas Professionals and Healthcare Professionals in preparing for emergency surges in oxygen consumption.
- Language: English
- For: Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
Created by: Open Critical Care, USAID, STAR
*The resources for this section were reviewed by Johns Hopkins University Research Associate Noor Zanial and Dr. Bhakti Hansoti on behalf of the Johns Hopkins India Institute COVID-19 Task Force Technical Working Group.