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Public Health Agency Surge Planning Guidance

September 14, 2020
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Tent Permitting Process for Hospitals NYCEM
Bed Surge Capacity Expansion Tool DOHMH
Intensive Care Unit Capacity Expansion Tool DOHMH
Alternative Care Sites: The Federal Experience in New York City HHS
Alternate Care Site Toolkit HHS
Considerations for Assessing Regional Patient Load-Balancing Effects during COVID-19 HHA
Critical Care Load-Balancing Operational Template: provides a framework for indicators and triggers that may assist states that are implementing Medical Operations Coordination Cells. HHS

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