In a hospital's emergency operations plan, what would be the expected roles of the security department (select all that apply)?
a. Overseeing facility security
b. Lockdown of the facility as necessary
c. Managing people entering and leaving the hospital
d. Restraining uncooperative visitors
e. Being the primary source of communica-tion to nursing staff
A, B, C
The primary responsibility of the safety and security department, in conjunction with nursing leadership, is to develop or refine the hospital's emergency operations plan for incidents based on the hazard vulnerability analysis. The safety and security department needs to have assigned oversight for facility security, quick lockdown or controlled access, and management of people flowing into and out of the hospital.
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