Coronavirus 2019 Information Task Force Report: Best Practices for Staffing Emergency Command Centers

This report is a literature review including 43 citations detailing best practices for staffing and scheduling shifts for emergency command centers in healthcare settings in response to a request from University of Utah Health administrators. The types of emergency situations covered include SARS, MERS, and natural disasters such as hurricanes. Much of the literature aimed at hospitals and public health departments tends to focus on clinical staff and best practices for handling patient surges, division of labor, communication needs and organization of tasks.