Safety And Security
No.
Question
1
Appoint a hospital security team responsible for all hospital safety and security activities?
2
Prioritize security needs in collaboration with the hospital ICG. Identify areas where increased vulnerability is anticipated (e.g. entry/exits, food/water access points, pharmaceutical stockpiles)?
3
Ensure the early control of facility access point(s), triage site(s) and other areas of patient flow, traffic and parking. Limit visitor access as appropriate?
4
Establish a reliable mode of identifying authorized hospital personnel, patients and visitors?
5
Provide a mechanism for escorting emergency medical personnel and their families to patient care areas?
6
Ensure that security measures required for safe and efficient hospital evacuation are clearly defined?
7
Ensure that the rules for engagement in crowd control are clearly defined?
8
Solicit frequent input from the hospital security team with a view to identifying potential safety and security challenges and constraints, including gaps in the management of hazardous materials and the prevention and control of infection?
9
Identify information insecurity risks. Implement procedures to ensure the secure collection, storage and reporting of confidential information?
10
Define the threshold and procedures for integrating local law enforcement and military in-hospital security operations?
11
Establish an area for radioactive, biological and chemical decontamination and isolation?
