Weekly Poll: Weather-related emergency action plans and evacuations
Hospital Safety Insider, June 2, 2011
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The tornado that ripped through St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO, serves as a reminder about emergency action plans and evacuation plans in healthcare facilities.
Excluding drills, has your healthcare facility ever had to actually initiate an emergency action plan or evacuate the facility due to weather-related hazards?
Take our OSHA Healthcare Advisor Weekly Poll and let us know.
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