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Healthcare facilities, regardless of size, should develop an emergency water supply plan to prepare for a total or partial interruption of the normal water supply due to an emergency. This guide can provide a road map for health care facilities to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a total or partial water supply interruption. Adapting Standards of Care under Extreme Conditions: Guidance for Professionals During Disasters, Pandemics, and Other Extreme Emergencies (2 MB/26 pages)
This policy paper can be used a basis for protocol development and refinement, especially in regard to ethics and standards that apply to decisions about care made during unusual or extreme circumstances such as those resulting from emergencies, disasters, or pandemics. Prepared for the American Nurses Association by the Center for Health Policy, Columbia University School of Nursing. MMWR QuickStats: Percentage of Hospitals with Staff Members Trained to Respond to Selected Terrorism-Related Diseases or Exposures
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2003–2004 MMWR 2007 Apr 27;56(16):401. CDC Traveler's Health Conversions The Chemical Reactivity Worksheet
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