How will the JCAHO review emergency disaster plans in 2006?
Accreditation Connection, October 3, 2005
Yes. If you work in a hospital with 200 beds or more, then alert your emergency management committee members about a new change in the way the JCAHO will review disaster plans.
Starting in 2006, larger hospitals will participate in an emergency management committee session, which will commence in the hospital's incident command center, said Jerry Gervais, associate director of standards for the JCAHO. Gervais spoke at the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Service's Annual Preparedness Conference in Milwaukee on September 13.
Highlights of the two-to-four hour session will include:
- A review of the hospital's emergency management plan
- Surveyors choosing a detailed, predetermined disaster scenario based on the facility's hazard vulnerability analysis and then going out in the departments to determine whether hospital staff understand their roles in such a scenario
Surveyors will receive training on this new session at the JCAHO annual surveyor training conference in January, Gervais said.
Editor's note: Watch for more on this topic in the November issue of Briefings on JCAHO.
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