Hospital Disaster Preparedness

What activities are required to evaluate a facility’s response to an event e.g., debriefings, evaluation and improvement plans?

The Joint Commission in EM.03.01.03 requires the deficiencies and opportunities for improvement, identified in the evaluation of all emergency response exercises be communicated to the improvement team responsible for monitoring environment of care issues.

NFPA 1600 requires that procedures shall be established to take corrective action on any deficiency identified.