The Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
(HVA), an evaluation tool often used to assess the hazards of sinkholes and
sewer-system failures, may help improve patient safety at your facility. It may
also help you comply with a new standard is sued by the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).Organizations often
use the HVA in emergency planning to assess risk from a variety of natural and
man-made catastrophes. But you can also use it to help select a patient safety
topic for your Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), says Steven
Bryant, practice director fo
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