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Evaluation and Performance Measures: 
4.0 Training Measures

Regional Ebola and Other Special Pathogen Treatment Center COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Administrative Supplement Performance Measures


Operational Intent: These performance measures examine the activities that have been implemented to achieve the following outcomes:

  • Conduct supplemental training for health care facility workers and awareness trainings tohealth care entities outside the acute health care system on COVID-19 patient identification,assessment, and treatment
  • Continue to use novel approaches for education, readiness, and assessment activities tosupport COVID-19 response, including expanding the use of media, augmentedreality/virtual reality, and technology to enhance training for staff and providing NETECtraining and materials to health care facilities throughout the region (acting in a ‘train thetrainer’ capacity)

Required Program Performance Measure
Data Point (s)

 Data Entity

 Calculation
PM 8: Percent of RESPTCs providing new or adapted training resources to health care facility workers on COVID-19
On which of the following topics did your RESPTC provide new or adapted COVID-19 specific trainings or resources for health care facility workers using RESPTC COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Administrative Supplement funds? (Select all that apply)

  • PPE optimization protocols,extended use, and reuse
  • PE donning and doffingprocedures (e.g., universal masking etiquette)
  • Environmental cleaning andwaste management
  • Transmission-based precautions
     Hand hygiene
  • Infection control protocols for labs and transportationroutes/equipment
  • Safe treatment protocols
  • Assessment, transport, andtreatment of COVID-19suspected or confirmed patients
  • In-take protocols
  • Rapid identification andisolation of a Person Under Investigation (PUI)
  • Prioritization of clinical interventions, includingtherapeutics
  • 911/Public Safety AnsweringPoint (PSAP) routing of patients to appropriate care settings
  • Participating in post-mortempreparation of patient remains
  • Emergency evacuation of patient while maintaining isolation (fire,etc.)
  • Obtaining testing specimens
  • Cleaning and reprocessingpatient care and/or diagnosticequipment
  • Information sharing, reporting,and coordination
  • Other (free response – 500character response length)
 RESPTC
Number of RESPTCs providing new or adapted training to health care facility workers / Total number of RESPTCs
PM 9: Number of health care facility workers participating in COVID19 related training or exercises supported by RESPTCs
How many health care facility workers did your RESPTC provide training to[7] using RESPTC COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Administrative Supplement funds?

 RESPTC Number of health care facility workers trained by each RESPTC
PM 10: Types of health care entities engaged outside the acute health care system for awareness trainings on COVID-19 patient identification, assessment, and treatment


Which of the following types of health care entities outside the acute health care system did you engage in awareness training on COVID-19 patient identification, assessment, and treatment using RESPTC COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Administrative Supplement funds? (Select all that apply)
  • Home health agencies
  • Residential placement facilities
  • Behavioral health facilities
  • Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and lookalikes
  • Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)
  • Other outpatient care facilities (including specialty practices, beyond those listed above)
  • Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)
  • Hospice care facilities
  • Other long-term care facilities (beyond those listed above)
  • Other (free response – 500-character response length)
 RESPTC

 Number of RESPTCs that provided training to each listed entity type 
PM 11: Number of representatives of health care entities outside the  acute health care system[8] participating in awareness trainings organized by RESPTCs
 How many representatives of health care entities outside the acute health care system attended awareness trainings held by your RESPTC using RESPTC COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Administrative Supplement funds?
 RESPTC Number of representatives of health care entities outside the acute health care system trained by each RESPTC
PM 12: Percent of RESPTCs using novel approaches for education, readiness, and assessment activities to support special pathogen preparedness and response
 Which of the following novel approaches did your RESPTC implement for COVID-19 education, readiness, and assessment activities using RESPTC COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Activities Administrative Supplement funds? (Select all that apply)
  • Expanding the use of media,augmented reality/virtual reality, and technology to enhance training for staff
  • Providing NETEC training andmaterials to health care facilities throughout the region (acting ina ‘train the trainer’ capacity)
  • Other (free response – 500-character response length)
 RESPTC
 Number of RESPTCs using novel approaches for education, readiness, and assessment activities / Total number of RESPTCs


7. Training participants may include health care workers employed outside of the RESPTC.

8. Examples of health care entities outside the acute care system include facilities and organizations such as home health agencies, residential placement facilities, behavioral health facilities, outpatient care facilities (e.g., specialty practices), long-term care facilities, and other health care organizations that do not provide acute care services.



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