Table 2.
Possessing vital skills | ||
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Communication | Facility maintenance/construction | Transportation |
Food services | Local access/political connections | Translation |
Security | Waste disposal | Engineering |
Computer operations/maintenance | ||
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Other volunteers | ||
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Runner | Transporter | Assistants to skilled personnel |
Patients’ families, who routinely provide nontechnical bedside nursing care in many countries and cultures, especially on pediatric units; this care should be encouraged and expanded with non-COVID-19 patients when nursing care is limited. |