Emergency Management in the Laboratory Flashcards
periodic drills for all potential internal and external disasters
emergency drill and evaluation
should address the potential accident or disaster before it occurs and test the preparedness of the
workers for an emergency situation.
Drills
_ for the accident and practicing the response to the accident reduces the panic that results when
the correct response is not followed
Planning
emergencies sometimes called _
disasters
(anything that prevents normal operation of the laboratory), do not
occur only in the hospital-based laboratories
emergencies
Freestanding laboratories, physician office laboratories, and
university laboratories can be affected by _ that occur in the building or in the community.
emergencies
crucial to being able to experience an emergency situation and recover enough to
continue the daily operation of the laboratory
emergency planning
a safety risk assessment, _ should be conducted
hazard vulnerability
helps to identify all of the potential emergencies that may have an impact on the
laboratory.
hazard vulnerability analysis
should be developed and practiced so that the laboratory worker knows the backup procedures and can implement them quickly during an emergency or disaster situation
policies and procedures
when the potential are identified, what’s next?
policies and procedures
measures to reduce the adverse effects of the emergency
mitigation
design of procedures, identification of resources that may be used, and training in the procedures
preparedness
actions that will be taken when responding to the emergency
response
procedures to assess damage, evaluate response, and replenish supplies so that the laboratory can
return to normal operation
recovery
to communicate safety policies to the employees.
safety committee/department safety meetings
for code compliance and safety features.
review of equipment and supplies purchased for the laboratory
review of goals and performance as well as a review of the
regulations to assess compliance in the laboratory
annual evaluation of the safety program
manifests as a sudden catastrophic event, at a localized site or “hot zone.”
overt incident
Property damage may occur, and the victims are immediately and obviously injured
overt incident
An explosion or bomb detonation is a type of _
overt incident
principally responsible for supporting the clinical medical response to trauma, chemical exposure, or other potential insults affecting a surge of presenting victims.
laboratory staff
classically represented by dispersal or spread of an infectious agent.
covert incident
Victims present over time, potentially at many geographically disparate sites.
covert incident
Early incident detection
and epidemiology will be difficult.
covert incident
have a unique role in both
incident recognition and agent identification.
laboratorians
in the event of disaster, duty of _ will be to assure that the
number of future casualties is limited.
public health officials, federal health officers, epidemiologist
These officials may want to know details concerning individual patients and casualties, and in
some cases they may want samples and microbial isolates for further testing.
public health officials
Interaction with
these public health officials may be perceived as a _ to laboratorians whose priority it
is to treat surviving patients.
distraction
their assistance is critical to protecting the public health
public health officials
implement to ensure the most urgent testing is available
triage testing
menu of laboratory test will be necessary for _
acute care
inclusion of laboratory test
blood-gases and co-oximetry
electrolytes
hepatic, basic metabolic profiles
hemograms, coagulation studies
pseudocholinesterase
laboratory test used an high level/longer-term care
microbiological
serology
toxicological
If the disaster/crisis situation exists for more than 24 hours, the laboratory must _
maintain delivery of critically needed supplies
It is appropriate to consider and cooperate with community response plans includes
resource-sharing in laboratory’s own plan
A plan must be in place for transporting specimens to
reference laboratories
because it is difficult to predict the biological and chemical toxins likely to be encountered in man-made disaster, laboratory should?
seek guidance, have list of lab that are available to perform identification
sites that the institution knows will be able to deliver emergency power during a power outage
emergency power outlets/UPS devices
