Table 3.

Clinical care committee sample membership

A clinical care committee (the members are predetermined for toxic, infectious, and trauma situations) is convened. During a pandemic, for example, this committee might consist of some or all of the following at a large facility [11]:

• Administrator or designee

• Medical director

• Infection control

• Infectious disease

• Critical care

• Emergency medicine

• Pediatrics

• Nursing supervisor

• Respiratory care supervisor

• Hospital ethicist (if possible)

• Legal counsel

• Community representative (if possible, similar to Institutional Review Board role)

• Other (may include lab, radiology, bioelectronics, and pharmacy)