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Tip of the week: Test your HVA with drills
Healthcare Security Weekly, May 5, 2008
As required in Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) standard EC.4.20, test your hazard vulnerability analysis scenarios through drills.
You can sharpen your planning by throwing curveballs into drill scenarios, such as “We’ve just lost our ER, now what?” says Maurice Ramirez, DO, CPF, CMC, CSP, a hospital consultant based in Kissimmee, FL. That type of scenario escalation plays well into Joint Commission rules.
To learn more, go to www.hcpro.com/ppv-208794.html. The cost is $10. Briefings on Hospital Safety subscribers received this story with their subscriptions.
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