Covid19 Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Treatment Facility Design

By the end of Module 3, you will be able to:

Assess and evaluate available existing structures;

Identify key and essential structural elements; and

Describe how to adapt an existing building into a SARI treatment centre.

Module 3: Repurposing an existing building into a SARI treatment centre

By the end of Module 2, you will be able to:

Identify the basic principles and layout of a COVID-19 screening point for healthcare facilities;

Describe how to set up a SARI treatment centre; and

Describe how to set up a SARI treatment centre in tents.

Module 2: Designing a SARI screening area and treatment centre

By the end of Module 1, you will be able to:

Describe the public health objectives at all stages of the preparedness and response plan;

Identify ventilation and exhausted air treatment as IPC measures within a COVID-19 context; and

Explain the different modes of transmission and apply a rational use of PPE.