1. Emergency preparedness--is your OR ready?
- Author
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Darlena A. Stevens, John E. Eiland, and Donna A. Pritchard
- Subjects
Operating Rooms ,Emergency management ,business.industry ,Communication ,Disaster Planning ,social sciences ,Commission ,medicine.disease ,Emergency situations ,United States ,Surgical Equipment ,Medical–Surgical Nursing ,Perioperative Nursing ,Health care ,Disaster preparedness ,Terrorism ,Medicine ,Humans ,Medical emergency ,Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations ,Emergencies ,business ,Accreditation - Abstract
•EMERGENCY SITUATIONS only recently have come to include terrorist threats, such as radiation, biological and chemical attacks, and bombings. •THE IMPORTANCE of emergency preparedness in health care facilities has increased as a result of recent terrorist threats. •PERIOPERATIVE LEADERS must meet the challenge of preparing their departments for a wide range of potential disasters. •THIS ARTICLE describes how a facility can prepare for both natural and man-made disasters and reviews modifications to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' disaster preparedness standards. AORN J 79 (June 2004) 1276–1283.
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- 2004