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August 1, 2013 1
Are You Ready For a Disaster? Here’s Our Plan
Presented by: Diane L. Davis, MT(ASCP)SH
Diane Davis Has documented that she has no financial relationships to disclose or Conflicts of Interest (COIs) to resolve.
Objectives
• Describe the current planning and strategy for All Children’s Hospital related to community emergency preparedness
• Discuss the planned use of point of care testing to replace the clinical laboratory immediately post or in response to a disaster or emergency activation
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• Blue – Areas that will be
under water to varying
degrees due to a storm
surge
• Green – “High ground”
where no flooding is
anticipated
Hospital Disaster Plan
• In the event of a hurricane warning, patients in critical care areas will remain in the hospital
• Approximately 30 Pinellas county residents who are ventilator dependent children will be admitted to the hospital
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Hospital Disaster Plan
• The Central Energy Plant allows the hospital to run without outside power for up to 21 days -- at full power, not only emergency power.
• A well will provide a potable water supply that is enough to sustain the hospital in case of an emergency impacting the city water supply.
• The windows are rated to withstand winds up to 130 MPH.
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Hospital Disaster Plan
• The mechanical areas in the hospital are located on the 4th floor, to protect them from any possible flooding.
• Computer systems and applications are housed in 2 separate data centers on the St. Petersburg campus. – Data Center A is located in the Business and
Technology Center (BAT) building. – The Alternate Data Center B is located in the 4th
floor of the main hospital. 13
Laboratory Hurricane Plan
• Policy: Essential laboratory services are maintained before, during, and in the recovery phase of any severe weather event.
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Laboratory Hurricane Plan
• Policy: A contingency plan exists to move essential laboratory functions to the main hospital building in the event that the Hospital Incident Command Center orders an evacuation of the Outpatient Care Center
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Disaster Test Menu
• GEM 4000 – Blood Gases,
Electrolytes, Glucose, Lactate, Hemoglobin, Cooximetry
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Disaster Test Menu
• Urinalysis – Clinitek Status
Connect – 1 Microscope
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• Hematology – Abbott Emerald – Slide Stainer – 1 Microscope – Stago Compact
Disaster Test Menu
• Blood Bank – Hemosafe to store
blood – Platelet Rotator
with Platelet Units
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• Microbiology – Gram Stains
Supplies
• Each area maintains a list of the equipment and incidentals that will be needed for the move
• Blood Bank maintains an emergency cart with supplies that would be needed remotely
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Staffing
• Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) activation
• Real Time Training for DART Team members for POC tests in the “POC SIM Lab”
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