| Every year, emergency events seem to be more frequent or more severe—the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, monthly hurricanes hitting the Gulf Coast, megafires out west, active shooter incidents, and civil unrest. Regardless of the emergency, healthcare providers and facilities are expected to provide patients with premium care. “Mother Nature is always going to win,” said Kelly Proctor, CHFM, CHSP, CHOP, director of operations for DNV GL Healthcare, during DNV GL’s 2020 Virtual Conference in October. “If [hospitals] don't think about everything that Mother Nature can deliver us, we're going to be in trouble.” Keep in regular contact with your supply chain and ensure they are checking the quality and integrity of supplies from nontraditional and foreign suppliers following an alarming report on disposable isolation gowns from ECRI, the nonprofit patient safety organization based in Pennsylvania. More than half of disposable isolation gowns tested by ECRI failed to meet protection standards and could leave healthcare workers exposed to dangerous viruses, bloodborne pathogens, and other hazards, the safety research organization said in mid-November. | 
