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Manual: Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Management Manual (Ver 4) Department: ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT External Reference: (JCAHO EC.5.10)
MCN’s customizable template, Engineering Department, is taken from our Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Management Manual. MCN Healthcare’s proven policy and procedure templates, competencies and compliance tools have assisted more than 20,000 health care organizations worldwide meet their regulatory compliance goals. MCN provides more than 80 health care specific policy and procedure manuals for Acute Care Hospitals, Ambulatory Care, Behavioral Health, Home Health, Physician Practice, and Long Term Care. MCN’s policy and procedure manuals focus on the latest healthcare "hot topic" issues related to patient safety and prevention of medical healthcare errors. Here is some sample content from Engineering Department:
| | The proper response to fire or smoke is R.A.C.E.
R = Rescue patients immediately from fire or smoke area.
A = Pull fire alarm station and call emergency number to give exact location.
C = Contain the smoke or fire by closing all doors to rooms and corridors.
E = Extinguish the fire when it is safe to do so.
Rescue individuals from the immediate fire or smoke area. Always rescue people before pulling the fire alarm.
Pull the fire alarm and call emergency number to report the fire. Be sure to take this step immediately after rescuing, so that the appropriate emergency response personnel... |
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| | ...key maintenance areas.
In case of an electrical fire, power is to be turned off at the main switch.
Keep telephone lines clear.
Close all doors and windows.
Use the fire extinguisher to suppress the fire only if you have been trained and it is safe to do so.
Notify the Operations Center when you are in readiness for evacuation.
Stand by for orders.
If the fire is not in your area, be alert, be guided by the instructions of your area fire marshal, or department manager.
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