As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Management Manual includes this customizable template, Fire Safety - Evacuation of Patients. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Fire Safety - Evacuation of Patients:

	POLICY: Any disaster or emergency event which directly affects this Hospital will require a decision either to evacuate patients or not to evacuate patients. Therefore, evacuation becomes a prime consideration. SIMPLE EVACUATION: Simple or partial evacuation involves moving patients from a single dangerous room or unit. TOTAL EVACUATION: Total evacuation is the lateral moving of all patients from a wing or the entire facility to the outside grounds or an adjustment protected area, which is safe and which is likely to remain so. Total, partial, immediate or delayed evacuation of the...
Second excerpt:
	... They shall be told what has happened, and advised of the patients' new location and condition. Notification of patients' relatives: The relatives of patients will be notified of the patients' new location and general condition as soon as practical. This notification, however, shall in no way interfere with those actions designed to safeguard the well-being of the patient. The order for total evacuation will be given by the Chief Executive Officer and/or his/her designee in the...