COVID-19 Automation
Addition of automated doors, sinks, toilets, soap dispensers, etc. for the purpose of COVID-19 mitigation.
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Addition of automated doors, sinks, toilets, soap dispensers, etc. for the purpose of COVID-19 mitigation.
Costs associated with the purchase, maintenance, or usage of communication equipment including 2-way radios, electronic messaging boards for COVID-19 testing and mitigation, nurse call systems, and video streaming equipment.
The cost associated with COVID-19 testing education at hospitals and community locations including home health, hospice, and long-term care.
Construction costs, including, but are not necessarily limited to permanent building additions, new permanent buildings, permanent building expansions, modular buildings (and installations), increasing the footprint of the facility, significant new ground disturbance, and projects with a total cost of $500,000 or more.
Costs associated with staff couriering COVID-19 tests to a laboratory.
Digital meeting technology software purchases to conduct digital/virtual meetings to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 by maintaining physical distancing and reducing facility traffic.
Costs related to treatment or direct patient care.
COVID-19 related education materials (including vaccination education materials) for dissemination to the public.
Electronic health record (EHR) costs supportive of COVID-19 testing and mitigation.
Costs associated with designing and implementing employee burnout/mental health strategies require pre-approval.
Supporting EMS as it relates to COVID-19 testing and mitigation efforts, and as part of a system improvement process
Costs associated with purchasing, maintaining, or operating a GlideScope™ or other similar equipment which allows for video laryngoscope (considered direct patient care).
Purchasing and installing HVAC and associated expenses to improve COVID-19 mitigation efforts.
Purchasing and installing ionized filtration systems for HVAC units to improve COVID-19 mitigation efforts.
Alterations and renovations that do not qualify as construction to create isolation areas for potential COVID-19 patients
Laboratory supplies and equipment for COVID-19 testing.
Minor alterations or renovations that exceed 50% of the hospital's total American Rescue Plan (ARP) award.
Costs associated with mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and other related respiratory diseases. For the purpose of the SHIP Testing and Mitigation grants, activities that mitigate negative outcomes at the patient level through direct patient care are not allowable. See direct patient care.
Creating negative pressure spaces within common spaces (such as waiting rooms and bathrooms), or in rooms to treat COVID-19 positive patients.
Devices for masks, fit testing masks, respirators, or other personal protective equipment used to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Portable equipment (such as a portable x-ray machine) used to prevent patients from being moved throughout a facility. To be allowable, all portable equipment must be part of a hospital's larger COVID-19 mitigation plan.
Costs associated with the purchase, maintenance, or operation of proximity badge systems to prevent hospital traffic and limit exposure to COVID-19.
Alterations and renovations that do not qualify as construction to update laboratories or other key spaces for safer and more efficient COVID-19 testing.
Sanitation and cleaning equipment (including disinfectant robots) to be used to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Also includes ultraviolet sanitation devices.
Cost of paying screeners placed at facility entrance doors to protect patients and employees and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.