title: A hospital-based, hazardous materials decontamination and treatment unit: utilization patterns over a nine-month period.
abstract: Federal [U.S.] law and the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations mandate plans and mechanisms for response by hospitals to hazardous material incidents/accidents be developed and implemented. This paper describes the response of the University Hospitals of Cleveland to these regulations and to the anticipated needs of the community and local industry. The physical plant constructed and its relationship to the emergency department personnel for staffing this unit are described. Utilization patterns since implementation of this program are presented.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: el Sanadi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grove
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takacs
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daly
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ellenberger
mesh_terms: D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D007318:Inservice Training; D009820:Ohio; D015397:Program Evaluation