September 16, 2010 1:00 - 3:30PM FMQAI - Tampa, FL
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
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ESRD Network while under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, Baltimore, Maryland Contract #HHSM-500-2006-NW007C. The contents
presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy.
