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Tip of the week: Prepare workers for a disaster

Healthcare Security Weekly, May 14, 2007

Although safety committee members would never want to test their storm strategy that way, the staff of Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, GA, learned firsthand how its disaster plan worked after a tornado hit the facility March 1.

All of the patients and employees survived, says Susie Fussell, the hospital's vice president of nursing, who also is in charge of risk management. Everyone involved remained remarkably calm and orderly during the evacuation of the hospital, including patients' families, who stayed in their places and waited for instructions despite the chaos and severe building damage.

To learn more about the lessons learned in this disaster situation, go to www.hcpro.com/ppv-70216.html. The cost is $10. Briefings on Hospital Safety subscribers received this story with their subscriptions.

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