Newsletter Articles Go three deep or more in identifying staff positions to take over if key leadership can’t act in an emergency, consider ambulatory centers as alternate care sites even if they are not part of your health system, and document even unsuccessful attempts to coordinate community disaster planning.  As of March 1, 2016, The Joint Commission ordered its surveyors to immediately start placing more emphasis on the prevention of suicides in hospitals; the accreditor will start paying close attention especially to the assessment of potential ligature (hanging) injuries, suicide, and self-harm monitoring, particularly in psychiatric hospitals and inpatient psychiatric patient areas in general hospitals. Newly issued advisories about fire hazards in healthcare facilities by safety advocacy groups are placing new emphasis onto the importance of preventing fires in clinics.
Marketing Spotlight Hospitals face many challenges in regard to active shooter risk such as providing care to victims of shootings and being prepared in the event a shooting situation occurs at the hospital. In times of crisis, it is imperative that proper protocol is followed to minimize risk to workers and patients, and to end the situation as safely as possible. This is where The Active Shooter Response Toolkit for Healthcare Workers steps in to help. This electronic toolkit contains best practices, on-the-job advice, and tools that allow you to easily train your hospital staff—delivered to you in a fast and convenient electronic format. This electronic toolkit will:
• Help you prepare your staff for an active shooter situation
• Provide an overview of the potential threat of active shooters in hospitals
• Give you and your staff lots of tips about how to prepare a hospital facility to protect against an active shooter threat
• Teach your staff how to recognize a potential shooter
• Explain what to expect from first responders and how to help and preserve life during an active shooter incident
• Outline a plan to quickly recover to help keep the facility open and operational
Editor's Picks December 7, 2017
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