Upcoming Meetings and Events:
Florida Severe Weather Awareness Week
February 11-15, 2013
For information on daily weather events and the statewide tornado drill on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 10:10am ET, visit www.FloridaDisaster.org. Review your disaster plans and sign up for the FKDC Piecing Together Preparedness Program.
Coalition Teleconference:
Thursday
February 28, 2013
1pm ET
Email fkdc@nw7.esrd.net for more information.
Mission Statement: To establish and facilitate partnerships
that provide a
framework for disaster readiness and continuity of care for the renal community
Sensipar (Cinacalcet Hydrochloride): Drug Safety Communication
Recall of All Lots of OMONTYS® (peginesatide) Injection
Emergency Preparedness of Staff
The dialysis facility must provide appropriate training and orientation in emergency preparedness to the staff. Staff training must be provided and evaluated at least annually and include the following:
(i) Ensuring that staff can demonstrate a knowledge of emergency procedures, including informing patients of?
- What to do;
- Where to go, including instructions for occasions when the geographic area of the dialysis facility must be evacuated;
- Whom to contact if an emergency occurs while the patient is not in the dialysis facility. This contact information must include an alternate emergency phone number for the facility for instances when the dialysis facility is unable to receive phone calls due to an emergency situation (unless the facility has the ability to forward calls to a working phone number under such emergency conditions); and
- How to disconnect themselves from the dialysis machine if an emergency
occurs
- Dialysis Provider To Do List
- Patient To Do List
- Who To Call
- Continuing Education Flyer
- All Hazards Educational Series
- Introduction Letter
- Pre-Quiz
- Disaster Assistance
- Disaster Mental Health
- Emergency Management Basics
- Extreme Cold
- Fire Prevention Week
- Flash Floods
- How to Stay Prepared
- Lightning
- National Preparedness Month
- NIMS and ICS
- Pandemics
- Pet Preparedness
- Post-Storm Safety
- Radiological Emergencies
- Terrorism
- Post Quiz (Word)
- All Hazards Educational Series II
- Employee Readiness Presentation
- State/Federal Courses, Certification & Education
- Staff and Family Emergency Preparedness Plan
- Additional Resources
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