Jay Hamm, RN, FACHE, COO/Acute Care Executive
Steve Shelton, MD, Medical Director EM
Eric Brown, MD, Physician Executive

Leadership Team
 COO/System Executive
 Physician Executive
 Chief Nursing Officer
 Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness
 System Director, Emergency Preparedness
 Safety Manager
 Administrator on Duty
 Infection Control
 Hospital Epidemiologist

All Leadership Team as well as…
 Education
 Campus Executive Team Members
 System VPs, Ancillary & Support Services
 Outpatient Clinic Representatives
 Emergency Management
 Key Physician Leaders
 Chief of Infectious Disease
 Patient Placement
 Medical Transport
 Human Resources
 Supply Chain
 Regulatory Compliance Officer
 Public Information Officer

Daily morning briefing
Daily leadership briefing
Daily Hospital & System Safety Huddles
Weekly Steering Committee Meetings
Regular Participation in Community, Regional, and
National Forums
Additional Communication Strategies:
 Town Hall Forums
 Executive Briefings
 Digital Updates and Announcements

Follow recommendations by
CDC/SCDHEC
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 Evaluating and protecting points of entry
 Front line staff preparedness:
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Emergency Department/ Urgent Care Centers
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Alternate Points of Entry, Lab Draw Stations, Radiology etc
 Physician Practices and Ambulatory Care Clinics
 Screening tools:
 EMR hard stops and prompts
 Custom built ambulatory screening procedures
 Appointment Screening for clinical criteria
 Checklist For Patients being evaluated for Ebola Virus at PH
 CDC algorithm for evaluation of Return traveler
 Posters and Signage
 All points of entry

 Employees, patients, people in the community entering the hospital
 Protocols for wearing Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE) and having appropriate PPE available
 Re-Training of Donning/Doffing of PPE
 Standard, contact, droplet precautions
 Educational Training Video
 Team dedicated to respond
 PPE deployed to all EDs, Urgent Care, Transport,
Physician Practices, and Ambulatory Care Sites
 Stockpiled PPE supply
 System simulation exercises
 Limiting number of HCW and visitors entering the room

 Designated rooms/area for treating suspected/probable/confirmed case of Ebola

 Limiting and protocols for transport of patient within hospital
 Protocols for safe handling of patient specimen by laboratory personnel
 Protocols for safe handling of contaminated/infectious material by waste management
 Safety measures and protocols for EVS workers
 Keeping up to date with recommendations by
CDC/DHEC

 Once suspected case is detected;
 Patients will be masked and moved to the designated isolation room with door closed.
 At the hospitals, contact:
 AOD/Infection Control/Emergency Management
 SC DHEC
 Ambulatory Care and physician practices, contact:
 AOD/Infection Control/Emergency
Management/Transport
 SC DHEC

Suspect patient
Isolation
Remote assessment
DHEC / CDC
PPE
Flu swab & Lab tests?
How much care?
When do we move?

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