Pandemic Drill-down: Preparing for Jcaho's Revised Ec 4.20

Planning for a pandemic, such as avian flu, is high priority on the list of Joint Commission concerns. . . and all hospitals are affected. The Joint Commission revised its emergency management standard EC.4.20 to triple the extensive requirements for emergency drills. All hospitals must now plan and conduct realistic pandemic drills to ensure patient safety and stay in compliance. That's why you need Pandemic Drill-Down: Preparing for JCAHO s Revised EC 4.20. Written by industry expert, Peggy Prinz Luebbert, MS, MT (ASCP), CIC, CHSP, this book and CD-ROM will help safety officers, emergency planners, and infection control professionals alter their current emergency plans to meet the newest Joint Commission requirements. Hospitals must show the Joint Commission not only that they ve learned from their drills, but have incorporated corrections into updated plans.Pandemic Drill-Down streamlines this time-consuming process by providing exercises that lead to improvement in true emergency responses, enabling staff to practice their roles and gain experience. Best of all, the process guidelines mapped out in this guide can easily be adapted to a wide range of other biological exercise types, scenarios and resources.