CHUG: Helping Members with Life Safety Surveys
CHUG: Helping Members with Life Safety Surveys
Did you know that CMS requires an annual Hazardous Vulnerability Assessment as part of your organization's emergency preparedness program? This must be kept on file in your Emergency Operations Plan for Life Safety Surveys.
Here are just a couple of programs offered by CHUG to help train you and your staff:
E-004-Develop and Maintain EP Program
Risk Assessment
An emergency plan is one part of a facility's emergency preparedness program. The plan provides the framework, which includes conducting facility-based and community-based risk assessments that will assist a facility in addressing the needs of their patient populations, along with identifying the continuity of business operations that will provide support during an actual emergency.
E-006-Maintain and Annual EP Updates
Community Risk Assessment
Be based on and include a documented, facility-based and community-based risk assessment, utilizing an all-hazards approach, including missing residents
Risk Strategies
Include strategies for addressing emergency events identified by the risk assessment
All Hazard Approach
Facilities are expected to develop an emergency preparedness plan that is based on the facility-based and community-based risk assessment using an “all-hazards” approach
Documentation
Facilities must document both risk assessments. An example consideration may include, but is not limited to, natural disasters prevalent in a facility’s geographic region such as wildfires, tornados, flooding, etc.
Integrated Approach
An all-hazards approach is an integrated approach to emergency preparedness planning that focuses on capacities and capabilities that are critical to preparedness for a full spectrum of emergencies or disasters. This approach is specific to the location of the facility considering the types of hazards most likely to occur in the area. Thus, all-hazards planning does not specifically address every possible threat or risk but ensures the facility will have the capacity to address a broad range of related emergencies.