1. Health Safety and Preparedness

2.  Identify the resources required to develop and maintain a safe and prepared workplace  Understand the key roles and steps in developing a safe workplace  Discuss the internal and external effects of disaster on the workplace  Define how a workplace can recover from an unsafe or disaster event

3.  Hazard examples ◦ Contamination threats ◦ Violence ◦ Stress ◦ Patient demands  Creating a safe workplace MUST be a team effort

4.  Recommended by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)  Definition  Issues to consider

5.  What is a disaster?  How can a disaster affect a facility? ◦ It can affect the facility itself ◦ Can affect the availability of workers  Planning safety teams ◦ defined  Business continuity planning ◦ defined  Surge capacity ◦ defined

6.  Manmade Disasters ◦ Terrorism ◦ Bioterrorism ◦ Workplace violence ◦ Fire (if intentionally set) ◦ Explosion (if intentional) ◦ Hazardous material spill  Natural Disasters ◦ Earthquake ◦ Flood ◦ Extreme heat ◦ Hurricane ◦ Tornado ◦ Fire (unintentional – i.e brush fire from lightning strike or explosion) ◦ Blizzard

7.  Should address the following components ◦ Administration and logistics ◦ Communications ◦ Community outreach ◦ Direction and control ◦ Life safety ◦ Property protection ◦ Recovery and restoration

8.  We have a plan….now what???? ◦ Review ◦ Approval ◦ Exercises ◦ Evaluation ◦ training

9.  OSHA standards address the following areas: ◦ Hazard communication ◦ Bloodborne pathogens ◦ Ionizing radiation ◦ Exit routes ◦ Electrical ◦ Emergency action plan ◦ Fire safety ◦ Medical and first aid ◦ Personal protective equipment ◦ Ergonomics, workplace violence, and other issues

10.  Need to look for strengths and weaknesses of plans  Examples of ways to measure: ◦ Count reports ◦ Trending data ◦ Observations ◦ Practical application reviews (i.e drills)  Safety reviews conducted quarterly for an annual report  After action reports should be done by external reviewers to prevent bias