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Does the hospital / home have an emergency plan?
Does it include: |
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Is this emergency plan distributed widely, and kept
updated? |
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Are employee awareness and training programmes
conducted regularly? |
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Is there a recall procedure for off duty personnel,
if warning of an emergency is received or an emergencyhas occurred?
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Has a vulnerability analysis of all buildings and
structures on the hospital / home grounds been conducted? |
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Have hazardous structures been strengthened, or
otherwise rendered safe? |
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Have inventories been made of hazardous chemicals and
substances used in the hospital / home? |
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Is someone appointed to check and secure these
hazardous chemicals and substances? |
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Is the area where these are stored adequately
identified and labelled? |
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Have internal contents, such as supply shelves,
essential medical equipment, filing cabinets, and office fixtures been
fastened, braced or anchored? |
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Have patient care areas most vulnerable to power
failure been identified? |
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Is back-up power (generator / battery) available,
adequate, and tested regularly? |
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Is there an alternative means of communication within
the hospital / home, if the telephone system fails in an emergency?
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Has an inventory of critical supplies and equipment
been developed and maintained? |
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Has a basic quantity of essential medical supplies
been stored in a secure area for immediate use following an emergency?
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Are expiry dated items kept in storage, cycled?
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Is there an arrangement for quickly procuring
essential supplies from normal suppliers? |
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Is there an arrangement for procuring essential
supplies from alternative sources, if normal suppliers are unable to
provide? |
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Have the minimum water requirements for the hospital
/ home been established? |
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Is there adequate provision for storage or alternate
supply of the first 48 hours demand? |
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Have steps been taken to protect any computer
facility, its equipment and data ? |
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Have all staff been encouraged to have a ’family
emergency plan’, which includes provision for them to report to the hospital
/ home for duty, without the need for worry about continuing care of family
members? |
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Has a central control point and reporting centre been
determined? |
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Do all staff know where the control point and
reporting centre are? |
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Have people been assigned responsibility for elements
of the emergency response? |
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Have staff assigned responsibilities received
adequate training? |
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Are there plans for conducting an initial damage
assessment, and identification of hazards and priority requirements?
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Is there a system of priorities for the rapid and
orderly evacuation of different categories of patients, where necessary?
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Are evacuation routes established, clearly marked,
and always kept free of obstructions? |
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Is there a procedure for keeping track of patients
during and after an evacuation? |
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Have possible evacuation sites and temporary holding
and treatment facilities been designated? |
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Are provisions made for the removal and security of
patient records in an evacuation? |
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Has someone been made responsible for the provision
of information to the media about new locations, visiting arrangements, and
projected return to normal functioning? |
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Are there arrangements for the assessment of damage
to the hospital / home facilities, and determination of safety to reoccupy
the premises? |
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Are there long term plans for the restoration of
premises, and normal services, after an emergency? |
