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Hospital & Health Facilities

The below list was compiled and organized by Greg Banner at the Rhode Island Department of Health as a contribution to the community. Thanks for the great work. To contact Greg or to suggest additions to the list, you can email him at gregoryb@doh.state.ri.us. Greg is continuously updating this list. We will be updating the listings on our site as often as possible to reflect the latest changes.

Bioterrorism Readiness Plan, A Template for Health Care Facilities, Association for
Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)


EMTALA, Emergency Care: EMTALA Implementation and Enforcement Issues. GAO Report. GAO-01-747, June 22, 2001

Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel, CDC, 1998

Guideline for Environmental Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities, 2001 (Draft)

Guidelines for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals, CDC

Guidelines for Protecting the Health and Safety of Health Care Workers: 4/24/98, NIOSH

"HAZMAT for Healthcare" Web site

Hospitals and Community Emergency Response -- What You Need to Know, OSHA Document

Hospital Emergency Incident Command System, California EMS

Investigation of Air-dispersed pulmonary agents work sheet, Texas Dpt of Health

JCAHO emergency management standards
or http://www.jcaho.org/standard/s2_hap_ec29.html

JCAHO standards for WMD, On-Line discussion transcript, Nov 2000

Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents, Volume II, Hospital Emergency Departments: A Planning Guide for the Management of Contaminated Patients, ATSDR, 1 Jan 1992

OSHA Standards Interpretation and Compliance Letters 03/10/1999 - Emergency response training necessary for hospital physicians/nurses that may treat contaminated patients.

OSHA Standards Interpretation and Compliance Letters 10/27/1992 - Training requirements for hospital personnel involved in an emergency response of a hazardous substance.

OSHA Standards Interpretation and Compliance Letters 03/31/1992 - Medical personnel exposed to patients contaminated with hazardous waste.

Patient Handling Precautions for BT agents, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (on Texas BT Web site)

Public Health Emergencies: Quick Primer for Clinicians on Detecting Public Health Emergencies. Medical Society of the State of New York.

TB Respiratory Protection Program in Health Care Facilities, Administrators Guide, NIOSH

Training, "Developing Objectives, Content, and Competencies for the Training of Emergency Medical Technicians, Emergency Physicians, and Emergency Nurses to Care for Casualties Resulting From Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical (NBC) Incidents" FINAL REPORT, April 23, 2001, US DHHS/OEP and the American College of Emergency Physicians