Planning for Power Outages Checklist for Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities

The Planning for Power Outages Checklist for Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities is a critical app for hospitals and other types of healthcare facilities that are faced with a loss of power. The app walks users through several important ways to address a loss of power supply and has checklist items designed to prepare healthcare facilities for a loss of power supply adequately. The app prompts users to identify whether HVAC systems will be impacted by a power outage, whether an outage will impact respiratory devices and other critical equipment, how the loss of lights will impact hospital operations, whether pressure drops are expected in water distribution systems, whether a power outage will impact other healthcare facilities as well, if electrical medical records (EMR) will be unavailable, if patient signaling systems will be lost, and if access to medical supplies behind keyless entry systems will be impacted. The app also notes what type of contingency plans or patient safety plans are in place such as whether a local utility considers the healthcare facility to be a priority for power restoration, whether partnerships with other local healthcare operations are in place for patient transfers, whether generator power is available and if so, if it is hooked up to the most critical medical devices and equipment, and more.