To manage an influx of patients with COVID-19, the state of Colorado has reactivated crisis standards of care for staffing of healthcare systems throughout the state. The standards allow facilities to change the ratio of staff to patients.
At the same time, the standards also insure “that guardrails and supports are in place to optimize workplace safety, healthcare worker resilience in the face of moral and physical stress, patient safety, and health outcomes of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients,” the state said.
However, Colorado is not activating crisis standards of care for emergency medical services, crisis standards of care for hospital and acute care facilities, crisis standards of care for out of hospital care providers, crisis standards of care for specialty patient populations, or crisis standards of care for personal protective equipment.
