Addressing the Smallpox Threat: Issues, Strategies, and Tools. AHRQ 04-P006
Bioterrorism Preparedness Issue Brief No. 1, February 2004, 6 pp. Summarizes an audioconference that examined the implementation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's smallpox vaccination program and strategies to assist public health officials in responding to a potential smallpox outbreak.
Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events. AHRQ 05-0043
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, March 2005, 43 pp. White Paper summarizes the recommendations of a group of experts who met in August 2004 to discuss the provision of health and medical care in a mass casualty event.
Linkages With Community Providers. AHRQ 05-0032
Bioterrorism Preparedness Issue Brief No. 6, January 2005, 4 pp. Summarizes a Web-assisted audioconference that examined the role of community providers in detecting and responding to a potential bioterrorist event or other public health emergency, and also examined the efforts of a pediatric practice-based research network to enable community-based providers to share information on emerging public health threats.
Community-Based Mass Prophylaxis: A Planning Guide for Public Health Preparedness. AHRQ 04-0044
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, August 2004, 74 pp. Planning guide to assist public health and emergency management officials devise comprehensive mass prophylaxis plans to ensure that civilian populations have timely access to necessary antibiotics and/or vaccines in the event of a bioterrorist attack or natural disease outbreak.
Development of Models for Emergency Preparedness. AHRQ 05-0099
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, August 2005, 161 pp. Summarizes current evidence-based, best demonstrated practices relating to preparedness for health care professionals in the topics of personal protective equipment, decontamination, isolation/quarantine, and laboratory capacity.
Disaster Planning Drills and Readiness Assessment. AHRQ 04-P007
Bioterrorism Preparedness Issue Brief No. 2, February 2004, 4 pp. Summarizes an audioconference that examined resources to assist hospitals and other health systems in preparing for bioterrorism disasters, and in conducting disaster response.
Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Drills: A Module-Based Approach. AHRQ 04-0032
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, April 2004, 128 pp. In collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, presents an approach to the evaluation of hospital disaster drills that consists of a series of evaluation modules and addendums to identify specific weaknesses that can be targeted for improvement, and to promote continuing efforts to strengthen hospital disaster preparedness.
Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Drills: A Module-Based Approach. AHRQ 04-0032-CD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, April 2004, 128 pp. In collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, presents an approach to the evaluation of hospital disaster drills that consists of a series of evaluation modules and addendums to identify specific weaknesses that can be targeted for improvement, and to promote continuing efforts to strengthen hospital disaster preparedness. CD-ROM
Optimizing Surge Capacity: Hospital Assessment and Planning. AHRQ 04-P008
Bioterrorism Preparedness Issue Brief No. 3, February 2004, 4 pp. Summarizes an audioconference that examined tools to assist hospitals and other health care facilities to assess their current capacity and develop a plan to achieve surge capacity.
Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity. AHRQ 06-0029
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, February 2006, 193 pp. Offers comprehensive guidance on how to reopen a shuttered or partially shuttered hospital to serve as a medical surge facility. Covers physical structure, supply and staffing needs, security, patient transport, and information requirements. Includes a Surge Tool Kit and Facility Checklist, 171 pp. in a three-ring binder. Tool Kit guides staff step by step on planning, reopening, operating, and closing down the hospital. Checklist provides detailed prompts for facility inspection with space for notes on findings. Report
Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity. AHRQ 06-0029-A
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, February 2006, 193 pp. Offers comprehensive guidance on how to reopen a shuttered or partially shuttered hospital to serve as a medical surge facility. Covers physical structure, supply and staffing needs, security, patient transport, and information requirements. Includes a Surge Tool Kit and Facility Checklist, 171 pp. in a three-ring binder. Tool Kit guides staff step by step on planning, reopening, operating, and closing down the hospital. Checklist provides detailed prompts for facility inspection with space for notes on findings. Surge Tool Kit and Facility Checklist
Surge Capacity - Education and Training for a Qualified Workforce. AHRQ 04-P028
Bioterrorism Preparedness Issue Brief No. 7, October 2004, 6 pp. Summarizes an audioconference that examined how education and training efforts are being used to create and maintain the readiness of an appropriately trained workforce that can respond to a sudden increase in surge capacity needs.
Surge Capacity: Facilities and Equipment. AHRQ 05(06)-0100
Bioterrorism and Health System Preparedness Issue Brief No. 8, October 2005, 8 pp. Summarizes a Web-assisted audioconference devoted to the need for facilities and equipment as a critical component in planning for surge capacity.
Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Implementation Handbook. AHRQ 05-0046-2
N. Gilboy, P. Tanabe, D. Travers, et al., May 2005, 82 pp. Manual covers all details of the Emergency Severity Index: a five-level emergency department triage algorithm that provides clinically relevant stratification of patients into five groups from most urgent to least urgent on the basis of acuity and resource needs.
Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness: A Resource for Pediatricians, Full Report AHRQ 06(07)-0056-CD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, October 2006, 375 Report on a CD-ROM. Discusses the various roles and responsibilities of community- and hospital-based pediatricians in preparing for and responding to natural disasters and bioterrorism events to ensure that the special needs of children are considered and incorporated into planning at the local, State, regional, and Federal levels.
