Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

FEMA provides resources and information on current emergency situations occuring in the United States.

CDC provides resources for emergency health professionals with training tools and resources to prepare and respond to emergency situations.

Healthcare Ready provides best practice healthcare preparedness and response resources for healthcare organizations.

The Joint Commission website provides healthcare providers with resources in regulatory and standards of care as it relates to the Environment of Care.

NIOSH provides resources as it relates to workplace safety.

OSHA provides resources as it relates to occupational safety for workers.

Reducing the risk of encountering an active shooter situation is important to any business, especially healthcare. These resources provide tools on how to plan what to do in the event of an active shooter/violent situation.

Acitve shooter events are increasing more and more across the U.S. and the experts have developed tools to help the lay person identify a potential active shooter as a risk reduction strategy.