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Safety and Security Management

Controlling the movement of individuals into, throughout, and out of the hospital during an emergency is essential to the preservation of safety (freedom from accidental harm) and the security (freedom from intentional harm) of patients, staff, and critical supplies, equipment, and utilities. The hospital determines the type of access and movement to be allowed by staff, patients, visitors, emergency volunteers, vendors, maintenance and repair workers, utility suppliers, and other individuals when emergency measures are initiated. Factors influencing access and movement vary depending on the type of emergency and local conditions (for example, whether or not the hospital has decided to shelter staff families, the allowance for or prohibition against firearms, any mutual aid agreements with nearby facilities or vendors).

During an emergency, the campus or immediate environment around the hospital may be under the authority of the local police or sheriff serving the larger community. Access to and from the hospital on local roads and interstates could be subject to local, state, or even federal control. As an incident evolves, this responsibility and authority may shift from one agency to another. For this reason, it is important that the Emergency Operations Plan includes reference to any existing community command structure to provide for ongoing communication and coordination with this structure. In the absence of such a command structure, the hospital maintains direct contact with the agencies charged with community security.

(EP1)  MPMC arrangements for internal Security and Safety.

The Director of Security/Security Manager will provide leadership and direction in the overall management of the hospital security and security operations program.  The Safety Officer has the authority to intervene at any time that a condition exists, which if not corrected immediately, may pose an immediate threat to life, health, and/or serious damage to property.  (See Management Plans.)

(EP7)  How MPMC will control entrance into and out of the health care facility during an emergency.

(EP8)  How MPMC will control the movement of individuals within the health care facility during an emergency.

(EP9)  The hospital's arrangements for controlling vehicles that access to the MPMC campus during an emergency.

Refer to MPMC Security Procedures and Policies.

See support doc.

(Attach documentation/Security EOP)

(EP2)  The roles that community security agencies (for example, police, sheriff, National Guard) will have in the event of an emergency.

(EP3)  The Emergency Operations Plan describes the following: How the hospital will coordinate security activities with community security agencies (for example, police, sheriff, national guard).  The hospital's arrangements for controlling vehicles that access the health care facility during an emergency.

MPMC will rely on resources within the hospital, Vance County Emergency Management, and their mutual aid agreements to ensure adequate security.  During an emergency, the HICS Operations Section - Security Branch Director - will coordinate all of the activities related to personnel, facility security, and law enforcement interface.

(EP4)  How the hospital will manage hazardous materials and waste.  MPMC will follow existing hazardous waste management procedures and work with the hospital's hazardous waste vendors to dispose of waste that is considered hazardous (except for any items required by law enforcement as evidence).  In response to some incidents, federal authorities might request that certain types of waste be retained as evidence.  In that case, the agency will provide instructions on handling the waste.
During an emergency, the HICS Operations Section - Hazardous Materials Branch Director - will organize and direct hazardous material incident response activities.

US Patent Numbers 7,720,998 B2, 7,836,207