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Mass Medical CareDuring an Influenza Pandemic:
Establishing Influenza Care Centers
PRESENTATION AND WORKBOOK
NACCHO Advanced Practice Center (APC)
Road Shows Albuquerque, New Mexico
August 11-12, 2009
APC Toolkit
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Toolkit Sections
1. Concept of Operations
2. Command and Control
3. Communications
4. Staffing and Training
5. Clinical Standards, Protocols and Operations
6. Infection Control
7. Fatalities and Morgue
8. Facilities
9. Equipment and Supplies
10. Security
11. Transportation
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Toolkit Tools
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Today’s Objectives
• Present highlights of the toolkit.
• Focus on your local area requirements for mass medical care.
• Use the workbook to startyour planning.
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What Are Expectations or Requirements?• In California:
– Hospitals surge to care for seriously ill or injured.
– Public health activates ACS/ICCs to care for moderately acute ill or injured patients, thereby taking the load off hospitals.
– (Originally, hospitals were expected to set up and run the ACS...).
• What are State-wide expectations or requirements for ACS activation?
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What’s the Status of Current Planning ?
• Healthcare Surge Plan (area-wide)?
• Hospital surge plans?
• Mass dispensing site (s) operational plan?
• Alternate Care Site (ACS) operational plan?
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ACS Planning Resources• APC Toolkit – based on SCC’s ICC.
http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/phd/agencychp?path=%2Fv7%2FPublic%20Health%20Department%20(DEP)%2FAdvanced%20Practice%20Center%20(APC)
• CA Dept Public Health Standards and Guidelines for Healthcare Surge During Emergencies, Volume 2 http://bepreparedcalifornia.ca.gov/NR/rdonlyres/640A3732-2667-4F61-B044-413478888816/0/volume2_ACS_FINAL.pdf
• CA Government-Authorized Alternate Care Site Operational Tools Manual. http://bepreparedcalifornia.ca.gov/NR/rdonlyres/C2AD6528-F781-4D8C-B900-828A1C2C6F0C/0/Operational_ACS_Ops_Tool_FINAL.pdf
• Seattle-King County APC Video http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/preparedness/%7e/media/health/publichealth/documents/hccoalition/AltCareVideo.ashx
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Elements of Planning: Interconnected Decisions
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Influenza Care Centers (ICC)
• For pandemic planning, Santa Clara County established the concept of Influenza Care Centers (ICC).
• ICCs are alternative care sites designed to address the needs of moderateacuity patients in a pandemic.
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ICC Pandemic Planning Assumptions:
• Local hospital capacity will not meet hospitalization demand:– Bed capacity limits (adult and pediatric acute
care, adult critical care, pediatric & neonatal critical care).
– Ventilator limits (all ventilators, including disposable, mass casualty ventilators).
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ICC Pandemic Planning Assumptions:
• Illness, hospitalizations, fatalities
– 25-35% popn clinically ill
– 13-22% require hospitalization
– 2.5-5.0% fatalities
• 12 months w/illness, hospitalizations, fatalities evenly distributed each quarter.
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Beds
Avail Hosp beds 920 229 -461 -1,150 -1,841 -2,301 -2,301 -1,841 -1,150 -461 229 920
Avail ICU beds 204 76 -51 -205 -358 -486 -538 -486 -358 -205 -51 76
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Cases
Deaths 56 225 394 563 731 844 844 731 563 394 225 56
Hospitalizations 256 1,023 1,790 2,556 3,324 3,835 3,835 3,324 2,556 1,790 1,023 256
Illnesses 1,125 4,500 7,875 11,250 14,625 16,875 16,875 14,625 11,250 7,875 4,500 1,125
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Surge and Capacity Challenges
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Estimate # Patients, Sample – Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Estimated (Albuquerque) population 600,000
• 600,000 x .25 = 150,000 = # clinically ill
• 150,000 (# clinically ill) x .22 = 33,000 = # require hospitalization
• 33,000 (# require hospitalization) / 4 = 8,250 pts / quarter = (12-week pandemic “wave”)
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Estimate # Beds for Flu Patients Sample – Albuquerque, New Mexico
• # of local area (Albuquerque) hospital beds
– University of New Mexico Hospital - 431– Heart Hospital of New Mexico - 55– Presbyterian Hospital - 453– The Children's Center at Presbyterian Hospital - 81– Lovelace Women's Hospital - 185– Kaseman Presbyterian Hospital – 252– Specialty Hospital of Albuquerque - 82– Kindred Hospital-Albuquerque – 61
• Total = 1,519 beds
• In hospital surge, 50% for flu patients = 760 beds(total includes ICU beds).
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Estimate # of ACS Patients, Sample – Albuquerque, New Mexico
ACS Patients – 12 Week Pandemic Albuquerque, New Mexico Example
Week # Hospitalizations Percentage Used
1 82.5 1.0 %
2 371.25 4.5 %
3 660 8.0 %
4 825 10 %
5 990 12 %
6 1196.25 14.5 %
7 1196.25 14.5 %
8 990 12 %
9 825 10 %
10 660 8.0 %
11 371.25 4.5 %
12 82.5 1.0 %
8,250 100%
Cumulative hospitalizations weeks 1-7, would be 5322 patients with a total of 60 available beds. An ACS is needed to care for 4 ,562 patients during peak weeks 5, 6, and 7.
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Workbook – Estimate # Patients• Estimated population: ________
• _____ x .25 = ______ = # clinically ill
• _______ (# clinically ill) x .22 = ________ = # require hospitalization
• _______ (# require hospitalization) / 4 = ______ pts / quarter = (12-week pandemic “wave”)
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Workbook: Estimate # Patients
• # of local area hospital beds __________
• In hospital surge, 50% for flu patients
• = _________ beds
(total includes ICU beds).
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Workbook: Estimate # ACS/ICC Patients
• # beds available for flu patients _______________
• # patients / quarter = __________
• Figure % of pts/qtr for each week. (Use %’s shown).
• Identify peak weeks.
• Subtract # beds available from the #hospitalized (cumulative – add the weeks up to and including the peak week).
• This is the number to plan for at the ACS/ICC.
ACS Patients – 12 Week Pandemic
# Patients /Quarter = 12 Weeks __________
Week # Hospitalizations Percentage Used
1 1.0 %
2 4.5 %
3 8.0 %
4 10 %
5 12 %
6 14.5 %
7 14.5 %
8 12 %
9 10 %
10 8.0 %
11 4.5 %
12 1.0 %
100%
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Toolkit Sections
1. Concept of Operations
2. Command and Control
3. Communications
4. Staffing and Training
5. Clinical Standards, Protocols and Operations
6. Infection Control
7. Fatalities and Morgue
8. Facilities
9. Equipment and Supplies
10. Security
11. Transportation
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1. Concept of Operations
Step 1 – Describe the ICC, Objectives– Standard of Care
– Level of Care
Step 2 – Operational Periods
Step 3 – Activation
Step 4 – De-activation
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ICC Objectives
Primary objectives for the establishment of an ICC include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Decompression of acute care hospital inpatient beds (receiving site for hospital discharge patients who are not able to be cared for at home)
• Used instead of acute care hospital inpatient beds (inpatient care for moderate-acuity patients and palliative care)
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Standard of Care• Standard of care during a healthcare surge is the utilization
of skills, diligence and reasonable exercise of judgment in
furtherance of optimizing population outcomes that a
reasonably prudent person or entity with comparable
training, experience or capacity would have used under the
circumstances. During a healthcare surge, the standard of
care will shift from focusing on patient-based outcomes to
population-based outcomes*.– California Department of Public Health (CA DPH)
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Pandemic Levels of Care
At Home CareAt Home Care
Isolation Oral Hydration Oral Antibiotics
Influenza Care CentersInfluenza Care Centers • Intermediate Care• IV & Oral Hydration• Oxygen• Nursing Services• MD on call
Hospital AdmissionsHospital Admissions
Critical Care Ventilators Ancillary Services
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Level of Care Planning Decisions
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Workbook: Level of Care Planning Decisions
• Estimated # patients_______
• Level of Care at hospital (s) _________________
• Level of Care at the ACS/ICC ________________
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Operational Periods• Define and describe the Operational Periods in
terms of a likely pandemic cycle and daily operation.
• It is anticipated that an ICC will be operational from eight to fourteen weeks for the first wave of a pandemic influenza event and then for an additional eight to twelve weeks during the second wave.
• Operational periods = 12 hours.
• Staffing
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ACS Activation• Follows area’s event/emergency activation
procedures per NIMs.• Authority to activate/operational policy:• The Health Officer will notify the local officials of the intent to activate and
then coordinate implementation through the Medical-Health Branch of the
Operational Area Emergency Operations Center. Positions in the ICC are
filled according to National Incident Management System (NIMS). Once
ICCs have been activated, only patients routed to ICCs or those triaged on-
site for admission will be accepted. Patients that are admitted to an acute
care hospital at the time the ICC is activated will remain in the acute care
facility and will not be transferred to an ICC.
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Workbook: Activation
• Describe how emergency operations are activated per NIMS.
• Who has authority to activate the ACS?
• What patients are admitted upon activation?
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Deactivation
• Authority to de-activate.
• NIMS position to oversee deactivation.
• Exit strategy in catastrophic failure:
– Facility fire
– Civil unrest, gun fire
– Government, societal failure
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Workbook: Deactivation
• Who has authority to deactivate the ACS?
• Which NIMS position oversees deactivation?
• Describe catastrophic failures that might occur:
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2. Command/Control
• ICC organization• Hospital Incident Command (HICS)• Planning with:
– Hospital representatives– Emergency management
representatives– Fire and Law enforcement– Inventory managers
USE TOOL #2
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• Step 1 – Describe relationship of ICC to Public Health
• Step 2 – Describe relationship between ICC to the EOC – Medical Health Branch
• Step 3 – Prepare organizational charts
2. Command/Control USE TOOL #2
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ICC Organizational ChartGeneral Staff
ICC Division Manager
Safety Officer
Operations Section Chief
Finance/Admin Section Chief
(See below)
Medical Care Branch Director
(See below)
Infrastructure Branch Director
(See below)
Security Branch Director
(See below)
Logistics Section Chief
(See below)
Planning Section Chief
(See below)
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Workbook – ICC Organization Chart
• The ACS/ICC is a field operation of __________________.
• The ACS/ICC Incident Commander reports to ____________.
• Logistics and support is provided by: __________________________
USE TOOL #2 and TOOL #5
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3. Communications
• Step 1 – Determine ICC needs.
• Step 2 – Describe methods.
• Step 3 – Consider communications:– Within the ICC
– Between the ICC and other ICCs
– Between the ICC and hospitals/healthcare providers
– Between the ICC and the EOC
USE TOOL #3TOOL #18
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3. Communications
• Wireless Laptop Computer
• (5) Portable 800 MHz radios (EMS Frequencies)
• Access to existing landline fax machines
• Access to existing landline phones
• Access to internet-accessible computers
• Access to a television with cable or satellite service
• Access to a radio• Handheld Patient
Tracking Devices• Wireless router
USE TOOL #3TOOL #18
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4. Staffing and Training
• Step 1 – Determine staff ratios.
• Step 2 – Describe functional roles. (Tool 4 – Functional Roles Matrix)
• Step 3 – Determine training requirements for categories of positions.
• Step 4 – Identify types of support staff needed.
USE TOOLS #4 and #5
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4. Staffing and Training
• Local public health agency employees will
not be sufficient for staffing the ICCs. The
broader health care community, city
governments, and community volunteers
must provide human resources to ensure
adequate staffing of the ICCs.
USE TOOLS #4 and #5
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4. Staffing and Training
• The recommended staffing patterns are based on the following scenario for Santa Clara:
• Total number of patients per ICC = 450
• 12-hour shifts for all staff
• Patient population includes 50% patients on IV fluids (n=225) and 60% on Oxygen via nasal cannula (n=270)
• Each ICC is divided into sections (treatment units) of up to 40 patients each.
USE TOOLS #4 and #5
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4. Staffing the ICC
Position Staff-Patient Ratio ICC (450 patients) ICC Treatment Unit (40 patients; 10-12 units)
Medical Doctors
1 : 50-60
8-9
<1
Registered Nurses 1 : 15-20 23-30 2-3
Respiratory Therapists
1 : 20-30 15-23 2
Caregivers (Health Technicians)
1 : 5 90 8-9
Clerical 1 : 20 23 2
Social Workers 1 : 60 8 <1
Pharmacists 1 : 60 8 <1
USE TOOLS #4 and #5
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Workbook: Staffing
• Number of patients (beds) in the ICC = (#)
• Using staffing ratio chart, determine staffing ratios to be used.
• Review and revise Tool #5 Job Action Sheets
• Identify community support for staffing.
USE TOOLS #4 and #5
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ACS Staffing Ratios
Position Staff-Pt Ratio
ICC (450)Santa Clara
(Toolkit Example SCC
needs twelve 450 bed ICCs )
ICC (100) (22% of SCC
ICC)
(Any town, USA
Example)
ICC (___)= ___ % of SCC ICC
(450)
Staff Ratio as % of SCC’s Staff-Patient
Ratio Medical Doctors 1: 50-60 8-9 per ICC 1-2
Registered Nurses 1: 15-20 23-30 per ICC 5-7
Respiratory Therapists 1: 20-30 15-23 per ICC 3-5
Care Givers (Health Technicians)
1: 5 90 per ICC 20
Clerical 1: 20 23 per ICC 5
Social Workers 1: 60 8 per ICC 2
Pharmacists 1: 60 8 per ICC 2
Workbook: StaffingUSE TOOLS #4 and #5
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4. Training
• ICC Orientation – Just in Time Training
• Pre-event Clinical Operations Training – Public Health Clinical ICC Staff
• Pre-event Clinical Skills Training
USE TOOLS #4 and #5
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5. Clinical Standards, Protocols and Operations
• Standing Orders • General• Admitting• Asthma• Heart Failure• Diabetes• Pregnancy• Palliative Care
• Clinical Triage
• Oxygen Delivery Alternatives
• Insulin and Blood Glucose Monitoring Sheet
• Pharmacy Order Form
• Patient disposition log
• ICC Intake Assessment Form
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Elements of Planning: Interconnected Decisions
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5. Clinical Standards, Protocols and Operations• Step 1 – Develop triage guidelines.
• Step 2 – Describe admissions/intake process.
• Step 3 – Describe pt./bed tracking.
• Step 4 – Define documentation and patient charting.
• Step 5 – Describe daily evaluation.
• Step 6 – Describe pharmacy formulation protocols.
• Step 7 – Describe discharge criteria/procedures.
• Step 8 – Develop visiting rules/regulations.
• Step 9 – ID housekeeping/environmental services.
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5. Clinical Protocols & Patient Care Tools
Tool 6 – Oxygen Delivery Alternatives Tool 7 – Clinical Triage Guidelines during Pandemic Critical Resources State Tool 8 – Influenza Care Center Intake Assessment Tool 9 – General Standard Orders Tool 10 – Standing Orders for Asthma Tool 11 – Standing Orders for Heart Failure Tool 12 – Standing Orders for Diabetes Tool 13 – Standing Orders for Pregnancy Tool 14 – Standing Orders for Palliative Care Tool 15 – Admitting Orders Tool 16 – Consent to Treatment Form Tool 17 – Medication Tracking Sheet-Family Tool 18 – EMSystem Tool 19 – EMTrack Tool 20 – Patient Disposition Log Tool 21 – Daily Patient Assessment Flow Tool 22 – Change Orders Tool 23 – Insulin and Blood Glucose Monitoring Tool 24 – Pharmacy Order Form Tool 25 – Medication Administration Record Tool 26 – Visitor Guidelines and ICC Etiquette Tool 27 – Patient Discharge Form
USE ALL THESE TOOLS
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5. Patient Care
• Triage guidelines and admission• Admission/intake process
– Standardized Orders– Admission protocols
• Bed and patient tracking• Medical records/patient charts• Daily evaluation and treatment• Transfer dispositions
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5. Patient Care
• Pharmacy protocols• Discharge protocols• Family care giving guidelines• Visitor guidelines• Environmental services
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Workbook: Clinical Protocols and Patient Care
• Convene a workgroup: physicians, RNs, EMS
• Determine patient care “flow”
• Review protocols
– Santa Clara County in the APC Toolkit
– New York Medical College, School of Public Health
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8. Facilities• Step 1 - Determine criteria for facility
selection.
• Step 2 – List recommended facilities.
• Step 3 – Diagram ICC layout.
• Step 4 – ID other required facility areas needed.
• Step 5: Conduct a site visit; coordinate with facility operators.
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Facility Criteria USE TOOL
#28 and #29
1. Location and size 2. Infrastructure and equipment capacity:
a. Communications b. Unimpeded wireless connectivity c. Electrical power with back-up generator capability d. Climate control e. Adequate parking and loading ramps f. Sufficient material handling equipment (MHE) –fork lift pallet jacks
3. Patient care requirements: a. Separate rooms with large floor space for patient care b. Billeting for personnel (and possibly family members) c. Bathrooms with shower capabilities for patients d. Kitchens and food service for staff and patients; Potable water; Refrigeration; Ice
making capabilities 4. Available services:
a. Laundry facilities b. Waste removal (to include bio-hazard)
5. Security: a. Perimeter security b. Capable of being secured and secure storage for controlled substances
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SCC’s ICC Facility Requirements
Substantial square footage with
large open areas. Sites geographically distributed
around the county. Hotels: surge support.
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ACS Ward Layout USE TOOL
#28 and #29
70’
50’
5’ aisles in each direction
5’ access aisle along one side
Table Table
Drug Cabinets Supply
Shelves
Patient Cart
Supply Cart Nursing
Station
Bay 1 Bay 2 Bay 3
Bay 5 Bay 4
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ACS Bay Layout USE TOOL
#28 and #29
Bin
Chair
Bin
Chair
Bin
Chair
Bin
Chair
Bin
Chair
Bin
Chair
Bin
Chair
Bin
Chair
O2 Tank & Stand
20’
20’
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Workbook – Facilities
• List facilities that may be used as an ACS/ICC in your area:
USE TOOL#28 and #29
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6. Infection Control
• Step 1 – Determine necessary PPE for ICC staff.
• Step 2 – Determine necessary PPE for ICC visitors.
• Step 3 – Describing environmental cleaning procedure(s).
• Step 4 – Develop procedures for disposal of biohazard waste.
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7. Fatalities - Morgue
• Step 1 – ID operational area for temporary morgue.
• Step 2 – ID required equipment/supplies.
• Step 3 – Determine type of staffing.
• Step 4 – Describe how bodies are transferred.
• Step 5 – Describe personal property procedure.
• (See Mass Fatality Toolkit)
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9. Equipment & Supplies
• Step 1 – Develop inventory list, consider local resources & scope of ACS/ICC care.
• Step 2 – Determine storage and maintenance.
• Step 3 – Describe process for implementing: ordering and moving supplies.
USE TOOL#3
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Equipment & Supplies• Warehouse Storage
– Electrical items – on shelves, plugged in, temperature controlled area
– Maintenance items (i.e. Glucometer) need periodic inspection, stored in bulk containers, temperature controlled.
– Pharmaceuticals, temperature controled or in refrigerator.
– Stack-limited items, heavy/bulky, palletized, stored on pallet racks, 10’ wide aisles.
– Bulk items, smaller, lighter, easily damaged, stored in bulk containers, stacked densely, w/o aisles.
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10. Security
• Step 1 - Describe role of Security at ICC.
• Step 2 – Describe Access Control.
• Step 3 – Describe Crowd Control.
• Step 4 – Describe Traffic Control.
• Step 5 – Describe role of Law Enforcement Interface
• Step 6 – ID sources of security personnel.
USE TOOL#28 and #29
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Access Control • Staff, visitors, support, media, officials.
• Anticipate theft of pharmaceuticals, medical supplies.
• Anticipate individuals who try to surreptitiously remove a patient or bring a patient in to the ICC.
• Anticipate media attempting entry.
• Badging, log-in and out.
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Crowd Control/Traffic Control
• High volumes of ill people.
• Highly emotional people.
• Neighborhood concerns.
• Protestors, provide escorts.
• Patient parking
• Staff parking.
• Patient loading/unloading.
• Ambulance
• Delivery
• Media area.
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11.Transportation
• Step 1 – Describe policy for transporting patients to the ICC.
• Step 2 – Describe policy for transporting from the ICC to hospital.
• Step 3 – Describe how transportation requirement will be met.
• Step 4 – Describe communications for transportation operations.
• Planning with OEM Logistics
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Contacts
Olivia NunezSanta Clara CountyPublic Health Preparedness976 Lenzen AvenueSan Jose, CA 95126(408) 792-5266 sccphd.org/APC
Laurie FriedmanSYA Group, Inc.1126 Broadway, Suite 4Burlingame, CA [email protected]
Rocio Luna, MPHDirector, PH Preparedness and Data
ManagementSanta Clara County Public Health
Department976 Lenzen AvenueSan Jose, CA 95126Main Line (408) 792-5040
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