Hospital capacities and shortages of healthcare resources among US hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), March 27–July 14, 2020
Hsiu Wu, Minn Soe, Rebecca Konnor, Raymund Dantes, Kathryn A. Haass, Margaret A. Dudeck, Cindy Gross, Denise Leaptrot, Mathew R. P. Sapiano, Katherine Allen‐Bridson, Lauren Wattenmaker, Kelly Peterson, Kent Lemoine, Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor, Jonathan R. Edwards, Daniel A. Pollock, Andrea L. Benin, for the National Healthcare Safety Network
Abstract
During March 27-July 14, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network extended its surveillance to hospital capacities responding to COVID-19 pandemic. The data showed wide variations across hospitals in case burden, bed occupancies, ventilator usage, and healthcare personnel and supply status. These data were used to inform emergency responses.
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