title: Hospital mutual aid evacuation plan.
abstract: Health care facilities need to be prepared for disasters such as floods, tornadoes and earthquakes. Rochester, NY, and its surrounding communities devised a hospital mutual aid evacuation plan in the event a disaster occurs and also to comply with the Joint Commission. This document discusses the plan's development process and also provides the end result.
authors.affiliation: Russell Phillips & Associates, Inc., Rochester, NY, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D004190:Disasters; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009518:New York; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States