Becker's Healthcare November 13, 2024
The Joint Commission issued a sentinel event alert Nov. 13, urging hospitals to ensure they have sufficient plans in place to protect patients and staff during weather- and climate-related emergencies.
Four things to know:
1. Environmental disasters — including hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods and heatwaves — have “increased exponentially” since 1980 due to climate change, according to The Joint Commission. As these events can develop or intensify quickly, hospitals must have strong disaster planning protocols for evacuations and shelter-in-place situations.
2. The alert provides...
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