Archive for: Emergency Action Plans
Finding metrics for preparedness
OSHA Healthcare Advisor blogger Steve MacArthur presents some cogent observations on the need to be able to measure preparedness if healthcare facilities want to manage and improve responses to emergencies such as the current influenza A (H1N1) pandemic.
WHO raises pandemic alert level to phase 5
In case you haven’t seen it yet, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the pandemic alert level to phase 5 last night, indicating a strong signal that a pandemic is imminent.
From a statement from Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO general-director:
Ask the Expert—Evacuation plan for a small facility
Q: Must we have an evacuation plan even if we have only a few employees?
Budget cuts threaten emergency preparedness
You’ve no doubt heard about the unemployment rate, the bank bailouts, and most recently the trouble in Detroit with the auto industry. Every day headlines reveal another portion of the U.S. sucker punched by the economy.
Now you’re going to hear about some of the jabs the economy has thrown at the public health system, particularly the programs devoted to emergency management.
