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Table 3 Clinical care committee sample membership

From: Clinical review: Allocating ventilators during large-scale disasters – problems, planning, and process

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)