Safety

Updated resource list for seasonal and pan-flu planning

Emergency Management Alert, October 2, 2007

Here's a resource list we thought might help you in your planning for The Joint Commission's new emergency management standards, which take effect January 1. It is provided courtesy of our colleagues at HCPro's monthly newsletter, Briefings on Infection Control (BOIC).

Surge planning
www.ahrq.gov/news/ulp/btbriefs/btbrief11.htm
www.workforce.com/section/09/feature/24/39/18/243925.html
www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/focus/hospital_prep
www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA_pandemic_health.pdf
www.ahrq.gov/path/biotrspn.htm

Drill planning
www.cdc.gov/flu/tools/fluworkloss
www.cdc.gov/flu/tools/flusurge
http://projectdisaster.com/?page_id=1478

Listservs for biological disaster information
www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/Subscribe/subscribe.html
http://projectdisaster.com/?page_id=1715
http://lists.terrorism.com/mailman/listinfo
www.ahrq.gov/news/ahrqlist.htm
www.isid.org/promedmail/subscribe.lasso
www.cdc.gov/emailupdates
www.hospitalconnect.com/hospitalconnect_app/index.jsp

To subscribe to BOIC, visit HCMarketplace by clicking here.


 

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