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Manual: Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Management Manual (Ver 4) Department: IMAGING/RADIOLOGY External Reference: (JCAHO EC.5.10)
This customizable document, Imaging/Radiology, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Management Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools. Health care organizations around the world utilize MCN’s compliant ready templates and workflow process tools to help them meet the latest changes in regulations and standards. Here is some sample content from Imaging/Radiology:
| | 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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| | ...Turn off water in darkroom. Turn off all fans, blowers and dryers.
Remove all records identified for removal from the building or fire area.
Place all other records in file and storage cabinets as space provides.
Keep telephone lines clear.
Close all doors.
Use the fire extinguisher to suppress the fire only if you are 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... |
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