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Cross‐sector emergency planning for water supply utilities and healthcare facilities
Author(s) -
Welter Gregory,
Socher Myra,
Needham Patricia,
Bieber Steve,
Bonnaffon Heidi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of healthcare risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2040-0861
pISSN - 1074-4797
DOI - 10.1002/jhrm.21105
Subject(s) - business , health care , emergency planning , disaster planning , operations management , medical emergency , emergency management , medicine , engineering , economics , economic growth , poison control , human factors and ergonomics
The purpose of this article is to outline the criticality of water supply in sustained operations of healthcare facilities, particularly during community emergencies, and to advocate for enhanced cross‐sector support from the water utilities in meeting this need. Information and ideas presented here were developed in the course of a regional project sponsored by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) for development of emergency water supply operations plans for critical water uses in the Washington, DC, area.