The Joint Commission has published a new Sentinel Event that addresses environmental disasters and how to safely prepare for evacuations or sheltering in place.

According to TJC, health care facilities, sometimes in places not previously perceived to be at risk, must prepare for environmental disasters like hurricanes, wildfires, floods and extreme heat. When a disaster occurs, facilities must be able to wither  rapidly evacuate or shelter in place everyone on-site—patients, healthcare worker…

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