The hospital has a staffing plan for managing all staff and volunteers during an emergency or...

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The hospital develops a staffing plan for managing all staff and volunteers to meet patient care needs during the duration of an emergency or disaster incident or during a patient surge. The plan includes the following: - Methods for contacting off-duty staff - Acquisition of staff from its other health care facilities - Use of volunteer staffing, such as staffing agencies, health care coalition support, and those deployed as part of the disaster medical assistance teams Note: If the hospital determines that it will never use volunteers during disasters, this is documented in its plan.

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The hospital's staffing plan addresses the management of all staff and volunteers as follows: - Reporting processes - Roles and responsibilities for essential functions - Integration of staffing agencies, volunteer staffing, or deployed medical assistance teams into assigned roles and responsibilities