Facility
Operations
Team
Leadership: Sue
Rottura and Lawrence
Park
Goals:
Facilitate cooperative planning among the wide variety
of dialysis facilities, ESRD Networks and community disaster
planners, and assist with facility preparation, response and
recovery efforts
Accomplishments:
Developed document “Four Keys to Being Prepared for a
Disaster” an abbreviated disaster planning tool focusing
on four main topics. Added items to CMS Manual “Emergency
Preparedness for Dialysis Facilities.” Created an Appendix
of Forms from the CMS Emergency Preparedness manual in Word
format to increase usability. Developed a “Dialysis Facility
Disaster Planning Template” to help guide individual facilities
through the disaster planning process. This template combines
checklists submitted by committee members.
Volunteer
for this team! If you are interested in becoming a
member of this Response Team, please read and sign the Facility
Operations Team's Charter and either provide it to the Response
Team leadership or acknowledge that you understand the Team's
activities and your responsibilities as a volunteer. Next, join
the
Facility Operations Response Team Listserv to get notified
of upcoming teleconferences and meetings and other activities.
Meeting
Minutes
Find
an open or closed dialysis facility at www.dialysisunits.com
or hh.nephron.com
from your mobile device
Mental
Health Resources *NEW*
Collaboration
between dialysis facilities and their local emergency management
agency isn't just a Condition for Coverage, it's a best practice
to ensure emergency management knows and understands the needs
of the kidney community in your area. You can use these resources
to conduct a disaster drill so that both dialysis providers
and emergency management officials are ready to respond in a
disaster.
Industry
Supplies and Services Sub-Team
Goals:
To assist organizations in locating and securing
industry supplies in the event of a large emergency.
Accomplishments:
Coordination with other KCER subgroups to identify
needs and available resources.
