Laboratory Emergency Preparedness (Online CE Course)

Continuing Education Credits

P.A.C.E.® Contact Hours (acceptable for AMT, ASCP, and state recertification): 1.5 hour(s) Approved through 6/30/2025

Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel Credit Hours - Supervision/Administration, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, and Safety: 1.5 hour(s) Approved through 6/30/2025

Objectives

• Define emergency management.
• Discuss the focus of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for emergency preparedness.
• Describe the use of emergency exercises in emergency preparedness.

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Course Outline

• What Is Emergency Management?
• Introduction
• History of Emergencies
• Emergency Planning From You to The President
• Emergency Plans with Laboratory Staff
• Training
• Emergency management is the process of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from an emergency event.
• Which of the following are considered emergency events?
• Agencies of Emergency Management
• Agencies of Emergency Management
• Federal Agencies
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Resources
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Accrediting Agencies
• Emergency Management by Accrediting Agencies
• Which agency would be the most helpful in planning for pandemics, such as influenza pandemics?
• The safety coordinator for the laboratory is looking for information to enhance the earthquake response for the laboratory. What agency is the most he...
• What agency provides laboratories with known bioterrorism specimens to familiarize laboratories with the proper identification, collection, shipping, ...
• CMS Requirements for Emergency Management
• CMS Requirements for Emergency Management
• Core Elements of CMS Emergency Preparedness
• Emergency Plan
• Emergency Plan: CFR Guidelines
• Risk Assessments
• Risk Assessment Tools
• Policies and Procedures
• Policies and Procedures: CFR Guidelines
• Policies and Procedures
• Communication Plan
• Communication Plan: CFR Guidelines
• Communication Plan
• Training and Testing
• Training and Testing
• Emergency and Standby Power Systems
• Emergency and Standby Power Systems
• When a healthcare facility has an emergency plan in place, which of the following is generally a responsibility of the facility to coordinate rather t...
• The laboratory safety officer is tasked with creating the emergency management plan. What should be the first step?
• Use of Emergency Exercises in Emergency Preparedness
• Introduction to Emergency Exercises
• Introduction to Emergency Exercises
• Announced and Unannounced Emergency Exercises
• The laboratory manager is planning a test of the communication plan. What should be done first?
• Designing an Emergency Exercise
• Participants
• FEMA Planning Checklist
• Types of Exercises
• Types of Emergency Exercises
• Tabletop Exercises
• Walkthrough Exercises
• Functional Exercises
• Full-Scale Exercises
• Table 1: Exercise Summary
• Match the type of exercise with its definition.
• What are some differences between functional and full-scale exercises?
• After an Emergency Exercise
• After Action Report
• Turning Recommendations Into Improvements
• The laboratory manager is reviewing the After Action Report (AAR). What should be the next step?
• Sample Exercises
• Sample Exercises
• Exercise 1: Communications Fan-Out
• Exercise 2: Water
• Exercise 3: Active Shooter Procedures and Training
• Exercise 4: Loss of Power
• Exercise 5: Disease of the Month
• Exercise 6: Fire
• Exercise 7: Blood Bank Emergency Release
• Exercise 8: Let It Snow
• Exercises Provided by FEMA
• Exercises Provided by FEMA, continued
• Which of the following should be your first response if an active shooter enters your room?
• References
• References

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