Approach to assessing the preparedness of hospitals to power outages

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12110%2F17%3A43895493" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12110/17:43895493 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/61989100:27200/17:10235970

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tvsbses-2017-0005" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tvsbses-2017-0005</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tvsbses-2017-0005" target="_blank" >10.1515/tvsbses-2017-0005</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Approach to assessing the preparedness of hospitals to power outages

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Within the secondary impacts of electricity blackouts, it is necessary to pay attention to facilities providing medical care for the population, namely the hospitals. Hospitals represent a key position in the provision of health care also in times of crisis. These facilities must provide constant care; it is therefore essential that the preparedness of such facilities is kept at a high level. The basic aim of this article is to analyse the preparedness of hospitals to power outages (power failures, blackouts) within a pilot study. On that basis, a SWOT analysis is used to determine strengths and weaknesses of the system of preparedness of hospitals to power outages and solutions for better security of hospitals are defined. The sample investigated consists of four hospitals founded by the Regional Authority (hospitals Nos. 1-4) and one hospital founded by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (hospital No. 5). The results of the study shows that most weaknesses of the preparedness of hospitals are represented by inadequately addressed reserves of fuel for the main backup power supply, poor knowledge of employees who are insufficiently retrained, and old backup power supplies (even 35 years in some cases).

Název v anglickém jazyce

Approach to assessing the preparedness of hospitals to power outages

Popis výsledku anglicky

Within the secondary impacts of electricity blackouts, it is necessary to pay attention to facilities providing medical care for the population, namely the hospitals. Hospitals represent a key position in the provision of health care also in times of crisis. These facilities must provide constant care; it is therefore essential that the preparedness of such facilities is kept at a high level. The basic aim of this article is to analyse the preparedness of hospitals to power outages (power failures, blackouts) within a pilot study. On that basis, a SWOT analysis is used to determine strengths and weaknesses of the system of preparedness of hospitals to power outages and solutions for better security of hospitals are defined. The sample investigated consists of four hospitals founded by the Regional Authority (hospitals Nos. 1-4) and one hospital founded by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (hospital No. 5). The results of the study shows that most weaknesses of the preparedness of hospitals are represented by inadequately addressed reserves of fuel for the main backup power supply, poor knowledge of employees who are insufficiently retrained, and old backup power supplies (even 35 years in some cases).

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50901 - Other social sciences

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/VI20152019049" target="_blank" >VI20152019049: RESILIENCE 2015: Dynamické hodnocení odolnosti souvztažných subsystémů kritické infrastruktury</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Transactions of the VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Safety Engineering Series

ISSN

1805-3238

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

XII

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

30-40

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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