Alternate care site
Non-traditional medical treatment facility established in a public health crisis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An alternate care site (ACS) is a medical treatment facility established in a non-traditional setting during a public-health crisis (or other event causing strain on local medical resources) as a means of providing additional capacity to deliver medical care within a given area.[1][2]: 1 The term encompasses both civilian-operated medical facilities established in non-traditional places such as hotels, gymnasiums, and convention centers, or other "structure[s] of opportunity," as well as military field medical units being used for public-health purposes.[2]: 2 [3][4][5] Usually, the option of establishing an ACS becomes relevant once the scale of an emergency extends beyond a single metropolitan area.[6]: 4 Though commonly established (or, at a minimum, overseen) by public-health authorities, ACSes can also be established by private entities, such as large employers.[7]: 7 ACSes have been widely used as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in other recent crises such as the Western African Ebola virus epidemic.[4][8]