AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE
Sponsored by HCPro
presented on March 25, 2008
Does The Joint Commission require hospitals to be self-sustaining for 96 hours. No, it does not.
It expects facilities to determine whether they can survive for that period, and if they can’t, what steps they’ll take in a catastrophe.
But many emergency planners don’t quite understand the standard, or what it means for their facilities. Listen to this 90-minute audioconference and learn why from former Joint Commission Vice President Joe Cappiello and veteran safety and compliance experts Peggy Luebbert and Patrick Wade. They'll tell you how to prepare your facility for this requirement—and, while you’re at it, measure whether you can maintain facility functionality no matter what disaster you may be facing. Learn more about just-in-time inventories, evacuations, exercises, and drills.
BONUS TOOLS
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and a copy of HCPro's special report, "The EC Standards in 2008: Emergency Management Changes and More." Your package also includes tools you can use right away to comply with the rule. These materials are provided with PDF links.
At the end of this audioconference, you and your staff will be able to:
- Identify ways to better comply with the 96-hour rule
- Implement emergency response efforts with ease and effectiveness
- Achieve a scalable-response capability
- Define the timing and criteria necessary to comply with the 96-hour rule
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA
- Debunking the myths associated with the 96-hour rule
- What the standard means
- Assess the facility’s stand-alone ability
- Acceptable responses to 96-hour sustainability
- Conservation of resources
- Curtailment of services
- Supplementation of resources from outside the community
- Staged evacuation
- Total evacuation
- Q and A
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Joseph Cappiello, former vice president, accreditation field operations, The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO), directed key internal functions as well as the 500-member field surveyor cadre. He led Joint Commission initiatives on emergency management and disaster response, personally debriefed nearly 300 healthcare organizations following disasters, and offered his expertise on topics ranging from altered standards of care to pandemic flu planning. He testified before Congress following his experiences with Hurricane Katrina and with the National Transportation Safety Board following the evacuation of Houston during Hurricane Rita. He currently resides as President and CEO of Simulation Education Services (SES).
Peggy Prinz Luebbert, MS, MT (ASCP), CIC, CHSP, is currently the systems consultant for infection control (IC) and epidemiology at Alegent Health in Omaha, NE. She has more than 20 years experience in the areas of clinical IC, safety, and risk management in various healthcare arenas. Luebbert also consults with healthcare facilities throughout the United States about implementing regulations associated with safe environments.
Patrick C. Wade, MUS, CPP, CHPA, has more than 20 years experience in civilian healthcare public safety, emergency management, and consulting in the medical community, and in law enforcement, intelligence, security and emergency response with the U.S. Army. He is the author of numerous professional articles and is chapter author in the revised Basic Training Manual and Study Guide for Healthcare Security Officers
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Safety officers, security officers, compliance officers, materials management administrators, directors of engineering, and facility engineers.
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