Does your hospital equip patient rooms with locks? Are bathrooms capable of being locked? Can a 17. patient care unit be secured? 18. Does your hospital tailor training to specific units, patient populations, or job functions? Does your hospital have a Lockdown Plan (full and zoned lockdown capabilities)? Have all staff been 19. trained in the hospital and campus lockdown procedures and the impact on operations? 20. Does your hospital have a Shelter-in-Place Plan? Does your hospital have a process for staff or patients to alert the hospital of any restraining orders or 21. other restrictive court orders? Does your hospital have emergency call boxes within parking lots, garages, and other remote 22. locations? Does your hospital have panic or duress alarm buttons installed in high risk areas? Are the alarms 23. routinely tested? Does your hospital have pre-incident standardized messages for communicating the risks associated 24. with this incident and recommendations to the public and media? Does your hospital have a process to coordinate the release of risk communications and other public 25. messaging through the incident’s Public Information Officer (PIO)? Immediate and Intermediate Response Does your hospital have procedures for evacuation of the immediate hospital areas and to regularly 1. reevaluate the need for further evacuation? Is this evacuation plan coordinated with law enforcement to ensure safety of those evacuated? Does your hospital have procedures to quickly obtain incident specific details (e.g., witnesses, security 2. cameras, surveillance tapes)? Does your hospital designate a person to meet with arriving law enforcement and provide access (i.e., 3. keys, access card), maps and detailed floor plans? 4. Does your hospital have a plan to ensure communications to the incident area? Does your hospital have an evidence collection policy developed in conjunction with local law 5. enforcement and prosecutorial authorities? 6. Does your hospital have 24/7 access to risk management and legal counsel? Does your hospital use social media to disseminate information during and after the event? Are all messages approved through the incident’s Public Information Officer (PIO) and the Incident 7. Commander prior to release? Is information coordinated within the Joint Information Center in cooperation with local, regional, and state emergency management partners?
17. Does your hospital equip patient rooms with locks? Are bathrooms capable of being locked? Can a patient care unit be secured? 18. Does your hospital tailor training to specific units, patient populations, or job functions? 19. Does your hospital have a Lockdown Plan (full and zoned lockdown capabilities)? Have all staff been trained in the hospital and campus lockdown procedures and the impact on operations? 20. Does your hospital have a Shelter-in-Place Plan? 21. Does your hospital have a process for staff or patients to alert the hospital of any restraining orders or other restrictive court orders? 22. Does your hospital have emergency call boxes within parking lots, garages, and other remote locations? 23. Does your hospital have panic or duress alarm buttons installed in high risk areas? Are the alarms routinely tested? 24. Does your hospital have pre-incident standardized messages for communicating the risks associated with this incident and recommendations to the public and media? 25. Does your hospital have a process to coordinate the release of risk communications and other public messaging through the incident’s Public Information Officer (PIO)? Immediate and Intermediate Response 1. Does your hospital have procedures for evacuation of the immediate hospital areas and to regularly reevaluate the need for further evacuation? Is this evacuation plan coordinated with law enforcement to ensure safety of those evacuated? 2. Does your hospital have procedures to quickly obtain incident specific details (e.g., witnesses, security cameras, surveillance tapes)? 3. Does your hospital designate a person to meet with arriving law enforcement and provide access (i.e., keys, access card), maps and detailed floor plans? 4. Does your hospital have a plan to ensure communications to the incident area? 5. Does your hospital have an evidence collection policy developed in conjunction with local law enforcement and prosecutorial authorities? 6. Does your hospital have 24/7 access to risk management and legal counsel? 7. Does your hospital use social media to disseminate information during and after the event? Are all messages approved through the incident’s Public Information Officer (PIO) and the Incident Commander prior to release? Is information coordinated within the Joint Information Center in cooperation with local, regional, and state emergency management partners?
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