Manual: Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Management Manual (Ver 4) Department: SAFETY/ENVIRONMENT OF CARE External Reference: (JCAHO EC.8.30)
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The hospital risk assessment program is designed to evaluate, reduce and control environmental hazards and risks of safety-related incidents to the buildings, grounds, equipment, occupants, internal physical systems and safe practices of hospital employees as they impact patient care and safety.
The risk assessment program includes a proactive risk assessment process for identification of hazards that could potentially compromise patient care in occupied areas of the organization's buildings during demolition, construction and/or renovation work; environmental rounds of the facility... |
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| | ...critical situations such as fires or other emergencies.
REFERENCES:
Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. 1996. Infection Control and Applied Epidemiology: Principles and Practice, Mosby-Year Book, Inc.
American Institute of Architects 1996. Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospital and Health Care Facilities, AIA Press, Washington, DC.
Centers for Disease Control 1998. Guideline for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel.
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