Emergency Management Compliance Manual

Over the last decade, catastrophic events such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina have turned the spotlight on how healthcare organizations prepare for disasters. Today, from tornados and power outages to pandemic flu, the pressure is on safety officers and emergency management coordinators to protect their facility, staff, and patients from emergencies, no matter what the size.

The Joint Commission's emergency management standards require hospitals not only to be prepared to protect their facility, staff, and patients, but also to demonstrate compliance. The Emergency Management Compliance Manual: A Guide to the Joint Commission Standards helps you cut through the confusion and provides best practices to help you meet these provisions.

This manual and CD-ROM set has the answers you need to be prepared for the challenges that lie ahead. Trusted safety professional and author Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHSP, strategically provides compliance tips and advice for emergency management compliance success. Safety officers and emergency management coordinators alike use this reference on a daily basis to create policies and procedures to comply with Joint Commission requirements.

Bonus CD-ROM included with your binder

The accompanying CD-ROM contains electronic versions of all the forms and tools, making it easy to download and customize them to meet your facility's unique needs.

A customizable tool that you'll refer to daily

This manual is packaged in a portable 10 x 11 binder, making it easy to snap it open and add your own documents and policies.

About the author

Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHSP, is a safety coordinator for a healthcare system in Indianapolis where he has specific responsibilities for emergency preparedness and hazardous materials management. He has more than 23 years of healthcare and public safety experience. Huser has published more than a dozen articles in the Journal of Healthcare Security on topics including disaster drill planning, emergency decontamination, the incident command system, and the hazard communication program. He has authored four editions of the HCPro, Inc.'s Environment of Care Manual and has presented at numerous national safety conferences.

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