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POLICY/PROCEDURE: SM 2.0.00 DATE REVIEWED/REVISED: 04/07/19 DATE EFFECTIVE: 10/01/95 APPROVED: TOPIC: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN PURPOSE: To provide continuing care and support to patients in the event of an emergency that would result in an interruption of services. OBJECTIVES: 1.0 To provide continuing care and support appropriate to the care or services provided to patients in the event of an emergency that would result in an interruption of patient care at home. 2.0 To assure that patients who are receiving life-saving medications or treatments have alternative arrangements for receiving their therapies in the event of an emergency. 3.0 To assure the safety of staff during an emergency. 4.0 To define an emergent actively or event that might precipitate the activation of an emergency preparedness plan. POLICY: 1.0 Western Drug Medical Supply will have an established Emergency Preparedness Plan outlining specific steps to be taken by the Agency's personnel in case of emergency situations. 2.0 It is the responsibility of management to develop and implement a plan that would continue to provide services to patients in the event of an emergency. 3.0 The Emergency Preparedness Plan is to be reviewed and/or revised at least annually. 4.0 On an annual basis,a review is conducted to assess Western Drug Medical Supply's scope of service,geographical service area and definition of life-threatening services.Staff will be in-serviced on all changes. 5.0 An emergency can be categorized as External or Internal. 5.01 An external emergency is one that involves the community or a patient. 5.01.02 These may be floods,airplane disasters,mud slides,earthquakes,loss of patient's utilities, equipment failures,fires in patient's home and patient medical emergencies. 5.02 Internal emer encies are those that involve the physical environment or employees of Western Drug Medical Supply. 5.02.01 These may be fires at the warehouse,hazardous spills,employee medical emergencies,loss of utilities,staffing shortages,labor disputes involving vendors or suppliers.These are not inclusive to all the possibilities that may constitute an emergency. 5.02.02 A general rule that all employees must follow is that if there is any extreme event that prohibits the ability to provide continuing service to the patient it is to be deemed an emergency and shall be treated as such by management and employees. CATEGORIZATION OF PATIENT ACUITY: PURPOSE: To Provide a system of identifying high-risk patients in the event of a disaster/emergency.