Diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccine readiness, and other health products for COVID-19
Interim guidance
Overview
Use and content
This tool was developed to assess present and surge capacities for the treatment of COVID-19 in health facilities. It allows health facilities to assess the availability and status of stockout of critical COVID-19 medicines, equipment and supplies on site and to identify areas that need further attention to enable the facility to respond effectively to the pandemic. The tool encompasses key components that are essential to managing COVID-19 in a hospital setting, including:
- health workforce (numbers, absences, COVID-19 infections, staff vaccinated for COVID-19 health workforce management, training and support);
- medicines and medical supplies for management of COVID-19;
- IPC capacities (protocols, safety measures, guidelines) and the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff;
- diagnostic testing, imaging and patient monitoring devices and supplies
- medical equipment for management of COVID-19, including O2 administration;
- COVID-19 vaccine readiness ;
- beds and space capacity.
Target audiences
The tool is intended to be used by:
- incident management and emergency operation officers
- facility managers
- pharmacists
- biomedical engineers
- IPC officers
- planning officers
- procurement officers
- laboratory staff
Key questions this module helps to answer
The assessment tool is intended to answer the following key questions:
- How many staff are available in each facility? How many staff have been diagnosed with COVID-19? How many health staff have been vaccinated for COVID? What adjustments to health workforce management have been made? Is additional training and support being provided to health-care workers?
- Do facilities have the necessary diagnostic equipment and supplies for COVID‑19 testing?
- Do facilities have the necessary medicines and medical supplies for the management of COVID‑19 patients?
- Do facilities have the necessary personal protective equipment for health-care workers?
- Do facilities have the necessary IPC measures in place and the IPC supplies?
- Do facilities have a functioning cold chain capacity and other arrangements in place to support COVID‑19 vaccination?
- What is the bed and space capacity of the facilities to manage patients affected by COVID‑19?
When to use
The tool is designed for use from the early stages of the emergency to early recovery