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| EMERGENCY CONDITIONS and BASIC STAFF RESPONSE |
| UCSF Medical Center & Children's Hospital |
| BUILDING UTILITY FAILURES | |||||||||
| UTILITY FAILURE | WHAT TO EXPECT | WHAT TO DO | OTHER RESPONSES | ||||||
| • Electrical Power Failure | Power only to corridor lights and RED plug outlets. | • Open Disaster Bin for flashlight, extension cords, etc. |
Ensure that Life Support Systems are attached to RED plugs; be prepared to hand-ventilate. |
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| • Elevator Failure (Electrical, Fire or Earthquake) | Elevators will STOP and go to closest floor. Doors will open. Elevator will not move. | • Remain Calm. • Activate elevator cab phone. • State name of building and that people are on elevator. |
Do not attempt to open doors. Do not attempt to leave elevator unless at floor level. Assist patients from elevator. | ||||||
| • Loss of Potable Water | Sinks and toilets inoperative. |
• Assess Clinical areas for priorities. • Place sign on sink and toilet stating “DO NOT USE”. • Triple red-bag toilets for human waste. • Procure waterless soap from Materiel Services for hand-washing. • Do not start procedures. |
Notify Supervisor. Attend to equipment cooled by water or requiring water to operate. |
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• Medical Gas Failure • GAS VALVE SHUTOFF |
Gas alarm panel rings. No oxygen, Medical Air or Nitrous. |
• Hand-ventilate patients. • Use portable cylinders. |
Call Facilities to report; Call Materiel Services or Respiratory Care Services for portable cylinders. NOTE: ONLY THE CHARGE NURSE can close medical gas zone supply valve as directed by Medical Center Facilities or the SFFD. | ||||||
| • Medical Vacuum Failure | No vacuum or vacuum system fails. System in alarm mode. |
• Call Material Services for portable vacuum. • Obtain portable vacuum from crash cart. |
Call Facilities to report; call Materiel Services for portable suction. | ||||||
| • Natural Gas Failure |
• Natural Gas Odor • No flame on burners in Labs/kitchen. |
• Turn gas valve off. • Open window to ventilate. • DO NOT USE spark-producing devices. |
Call Medical Center Facilities. | ||||||
| • Nurse Call System Failure | No patient contact. |
• Use bedside patient telephone,if available.
• Detail a rover to check patients. |
Call Clinical Engineering. | ||||||
| • Steam Failure | No building heating, cooling or hot water. Autoclaves inoperative. Limited cooking. | • Notify your supervisor. | Conserve sterile materiels. Distribute blankets, if necessary. | ||||||
| • Sewer Stoppage | Drains backing up. Toilet overflow. | • Do NOT flush toilet. • Do NOT use sink. • Place sign on sink, toilet and shower stating “DO NOT USE”. |
Call Medical Center Facilities. | ||||||
| • Telephone Failure | No phone services. | • Use overhead paging system. • Use pay phones. • Use Centrex/Bypass phones. • Use runners as needed. |
Call Medical Center Telecommuncations at: (Parnassus Centrex – 753-4564) or (Mount Zion Bypass – 4-6694) x-3-9999 (report phone trouble) |
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| • Informaton Systems | Computers not functioning; Network down. | • Implement departmental manual procedures. | Call Information Technology to report at: X 3-9000 | ||||||
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BUILDING UTILITY FAILURES
Page Updated: June 27, 2005
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