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Evaluation and Performance Measures:
4.0 Training Measures


Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement (Updated June 2023)


Operational Intent: These performance measures examine how activities have been implemented to achieve the following outcome:

  • Enhance infection control and triage training for health care professionals and other support services workers

4.1 Required Training Measures


Program Performance Measure
 Data Point
 Data Entity and Timing
 Calculation
PM 10A: Number of hospital associations providing cooperative agreement- supported training or resources on COVID-19 infection control with Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funding Did your hospital association provide COVID-19 specific trainings or develop resources on infection control utilizing Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funds between April 10, 2022 and April 9, 2023? (Select all that apply)

Infection control:
  • PPE optimization protocols, extended use, and reuse
  •  Environmental cleaning and waste management
  •  Transmission-based precautions
  •  Handwashing hygiene
  •  Infection control protocols for labs (e.g., specimen collection including nasopharyngeal swabbing for both diagnostic and clinical testing, serology testing for plasma treatment, etc.)
  •  PPE donning and doffing procedures (e.g., universal masking etiquette)
  •  Safe treatment protocols
  •  Other (free response)
Hospital association

(collected at middle of project year and end of project year)
N/A
PM 10B: Number of hospital associations providing cooperative agreement- supported training or resources on COVID-19 triage with Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funding
 Did your hospital association provide COVID-19 specific trainings or develop resources on triage utilizing Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funds, between April 10, 2022 and April 9, 2023? (Select all that apply)

Triage:
  • Assessment, transport, and treatment of COVID-19 suspected or confirmed patients
  • In-take protocols
  • Rapid identification and isolation of a PUI
  • Prioritization of clinical interventions
  • 911/PSAP routing of patients to appropriate care settings
  • Other (free response)
Hospital association

(collected at middle of project year and end of project year)

 N/A
PM 11: Number of trainings on COVID-19 infection control practices supported per hospital association with Hospital Association COVID- 19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funding
 Total number of trainings on COVID-19 infection control supported by Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funds (directly rather than through funding sub-recipients).
Hospital association

(collected at end of project year)
 N/A
PM 12: Number of trainings on COVID-19 triage supported per hospital association with Hospital Association COVID- 19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funding
 Total number of trainings on COVID-19 triage supported by Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funds (directly rather than through funding sub-recipients).
Hospital association

(collected at end of project year)

 N/A
PM 13A: Number of facilities or organizations providing COVID-19 infection control training utilizing Hospital Association COVID- 19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funding
Did your facility or organization provide COVID-19 specific trainings on infection control utilizing Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funds between April 10, 2022 and April 9, 2023? (Select all that apply)

Infection control:
  • PPE optimization protocols, extended use, and reuse
  • Environmental cleaning and waste management
  • Transmission-based precautions
  • Handwashing hygiene
  • Infection control protocols for labs (e.g., specimen collection including nasopharyngeal swabbing for both diagnostic and clinical testing, serology testing for plasma treatment, etc.)
  • PPE donning and doffing procedures (e.g., universal masking etiquette)
  • Safe treatment protocols
  • Other (free response)
Sub-recipient association

(collected at  end of project year)
 N/A
PM 13B: Number of facilities or organizations providing COVID-19 triage training utilizing Hospital Association COVID- 19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funding
 Did your facility or organization provide COVID-19 specific trainings on triage utilizing Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funds between April 10, 2021 and April 9, 2022? (Select all that apply)

Triage:
  • Assessment, transport, and treatment of COVID-19 suspected or confirmed patients
  • In-take protocols
  • Rapid identification and isolation of a PUI
  • Prioritization of clinical interventions
  • 911/PSAP routing of patients to appropriate care settings
  • Other (free response)
Sub-recipient

(collected at end of project year)
 N/A
PM 14: Number of trainings on COVID-19 infection control practices supported per sub- recipient with Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funding
 Total number of trainings on COVID-19 infection control supported by Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funds.
Sub-recipient association
(collected at end of project year)
 N/A
PM 15: Number of trainings on COVID-19 triage supported per sub-recipient with Hospital Association COVID- 19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funding
 Total number of trainings on COVID-19 triage supported by Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funds.
 Sub-recipient

(collected at end of project year)		 N/A
PM 16: Changes attributed to training funded by the Hospital Association COVID- 19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funding
 What specific clinical or operational modifications were made by your facility or organization as a result (fully or partially) of training in infection control and triage supported by Hospital Association COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Cooperative Agreement funds?
 Sub-recipient

(collected at end of project year)

 N/A
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