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Status Active PolicyStat ID 11126749 <br /> Origination 9/11/2017 Owner Tracy Robles: <br /> Final 5/17/2022 Senior Director, <br /> Approved Risk Mgmt <br /> Sutter HealthEffective 5/17/2022 Policy Area EOC- Emergency <br /> �l <br /> Management <br /> Last Revised 5/17/2022 <br /> Applicability Sutter Health <br /> Next Review 5/16/2025 System <br /> Emergency Codes, Medical Codes and Medical Alerts Policy <br /> PURPOSE <br /> The purpose of this policy is to provide standardized language for notifications used to alert the <br /> Workforce about emergency situations. <br /> POLICY <br /> It is policy that in the event of an emergency situation, a standardized Emergency Code or Medical Code/ <br /> Alert shall be used to notify the Workforce to prompt predetermined response activities. <br /> SCOPE <br /> This policy applies to Sutter Health and any legal entity for which Sutter Health or its affiliate is the sole <br /> member or directly or indirectly controls greater than 50% of the voting power or equity interest (herein <br /> referred to as Sutter). <br /> DEFINITIONS <br /> Alternate Communication Technologies means communication systems other than overhead paging <br /> which has traditionally been used to alert the Workforce about emergency situations. <br /> Emergency Code(s) means a signal word(s) intended to quickly convey essential information about a <br /> broad array of emergency situations to target all or most of the occupants of a building. <br /> Medical Alert(s) means a signal word(s) intended to quickly convey essential information about a <br /> medical emergency to a select target group of Workforce. <br /> Medical Code(s) means a signal word(s) intended to quickly convey essential information about a time <br /> Emergency Codes,Medical Codes and Medical Alerts Policy.Retrieved 8/23/2023.Official copy at http://sh- Page: I of 6 <br /> samf.policystat.com/policy/I 1126749/.Copyright©2023 Sutter Gould Medical Foundation <br />