Attend this program and:

• Gain valuable information to help you and your facility develop an NBC Terrorism Response Plan and successfully complete a community-wide Emergency Preparedness Exercise
  
• Learn how to conduct an Emergency Preparedness Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (HVA) and meet JCAHO standards for bioterrorism preparedness planning
  
• Learn the "process" a hospital Safety Director used to develop a model NBC Terrorism Response Plan
  
• Experience, first hand, how one hospital successfully activated and tested their Terrorism Response Plan while participating in a community-wide Emergency Preparedness Exercise in a simulated major disaster
  
• Build a better understanding of your facility's role in community-wide Major Disaster Exercises.
  
• Discover how to obtain a new level of preparedness. Receive the latest tips on compliance for community-wide exercises.
  
• Make sure your hospital is prepared for the Joint Commission's unannounced visits. Starting January 1, 2003 the Joint Commission will conduct random visits with a special focus on emergency preparedness!
  
• Receive important take-home material to help prepare a timeline to address your training needs, assessment processes, hazard vulnerability assessments, and NBC Emergency Preparedness Management Plan issues.

Directors of Facilities, Engineering and Plant Operations
Directors of Hospital Safety and Security
Risk Managers
Compliance Officers
Coordinators for Hospital Preparedness Planning
Public Health Personnel
Emergency Medicine Professionals
Directors of State Bioterrorism Preparedness & Response Programs
Committee Members, State & Regional Bioterrorism Preparedness Planning
Emergency Management Personnel
Homeland Security Personnel

Host - Jeff Aldridge , a recent guest speaker at the EC Summit 2002, and currently President of Security Assessments International, Durham, N.C. Mr. Aldridge is one of the nation's leading authorities on healthcare safety, security, and risk management issues.

Guest - Bryan Koontz, Director of Safety & Security for the High Point Regional Health System and a former Board of Director's Member for the Southeastern Safety & Security Healthcare Council.

Guest - Roger Camplin, a Nationally recognized expert on Joint Commission Standards and a - principal with Camplin, Bartels & Associates, Chandler, Ariz., served as a faculty member for many years with the Joint Commission, as well as a serving as a staff engineer.

Contact Credit Hours will be offered in the form of 1.5 contact hours for various professionals. An online registration and evaluation must be completed to receive the appropriate contact credit hours.

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