ERTI has developed a hospital-based patient decontamination program
designed to give hospitals the basic training needed to deal with the
repercussions of a weapons of mass destruction incident or large scale
hazardous materials release involving mass casualties.
The objective of the program is to give
hospital personnel the tools they need to contain and decontaminate
large numbers of people, while maintaining site control and minimizing
or eliminating contamination to the hospital while saving lives.
The 12-hour program is divided into two
parts:
1. Pre-study
workbook (constitutes 4 hours of the course).
2. 8-hour competency based program with hands-on
decontamination drills.
A study guide containing information from
multiple resources is provided as a reference for the course. It
follows the national standards and guidelines of the National Fire
Protection Agency, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of
Healthcare Organization and the U.S. Army Soldiers Biological and
Chemical Command. The study guide is designed to give hospital
personnel awareness level knowledge prior to starting the classroom and
competency based training.
Upon completion of the course, ERTI
certifies that individual students have met the knowledge, skills and
abilities of the Hospital Decontamination Program. The minimum
requirements established for this program meet or exceed the standards
set forth by NFPA 472, JCAHO E.C.1.4, WAC and WISHA. Additionally,
the program was designed with consideration for the recommendations of
the NFPA Supplemental Guideline for Hospital Decontamination.
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