Emergency Preparedness Program
Sets up the Agency’s all-hazards emergency preparedness program for every patient: a facility-based and community-based risk assessment and written plan, patient priority levels and individual patient emergency plans, a communication plan, response and recovery steps, and training and exercises, each reviewed and updated at least every 2 years under 42 CFR §484.102 and every year as the Agency’s own standard. Ohio has no separate home health emergency preparedness rule.
About this policy
- Policy number
- OH-HH-EP-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 42 CFR §484.102
- Library
- Ohio home health · 59 policies
- Category
- Emergency preparedness
- Sections
- 20
In short
- Know who leads in an emergency: the disaster coordinator Avery Sample, and the alternate Jamie Sample.
- Make and review each patient’s emergency plan with them, and record their priority level and any help they would need to evacuate.
- When the plan is activated, check in with the office and call your patients in priority order, recording every call.
- Never drive into flood water or travel when officials say not to. Tell the office at once if you cannot reach a patient.
- Keep your own phone number and family plan up to date, and take part in the yearly drills.
What's inside
20 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §484.102)
- 5. Emergency Leadership
- 6. Risk Assessment and the Written Plan
- 7. Patient Priority Levels and Evacuation Needs
- 8. Patient Emergency Plans and Education
- 9. Communication Plan
- 10. Response and Recovery Procedure
- 11. Training, Exercises, and Review
- 12. Staff Summary
- 13. Responsibilities
- 14. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 15. Staff Training
- 16. References
- 17. Related Policies and Forms
- 18. Approval
- 19. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me your emergency plan and the risk assessment it is based on. When were they last reviewed?
- Who is your disaster coordinator, and who is the alternate?
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