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. 2020 May 26;34(10):2586–2594. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.05.028

Table 4.

Staff Requirement for COVID-19 ICU Services

Constitution of 1 Team of Staff to Manage a 10- to 15-Bed ICU Requirement of Staff for 3 Weeks if 100 Patients Are Admitted to ICU (7 ICUs with 15 Beds Each)
  • 1

    Doctors:
    • •
      Faculty/consultant: 1
 21
    • •
      Senior residents: 6
 126
    • •
      Junior residents: 6
 126
  • 2

    Staff nurses: 24

 504
  • 3

    Technicians: 6

 126
  • 4

    Housekeeping staff: 12

 252
  • 5

    Sanitation staff: 5

 105
Total: 60 1260

NOTE: Sub-teams would work 1 of the following 4 shifts: 8 am to 2 pm, 2 pm to 8 pm, 8 pm to 2 am, or 2 am to 8 am. Each team would work 6 hour-shifts for 1 week then be quarantined for 2 weeks while a second team would replace the first team at the end of the first week.

Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease-2019; ICU, intensive care unit.