Code Green
Emergency Preparedness Committee Lead for Code Green is Stephanie Trowbridge
The purpose of the Code Green policy is to outline the procedures required to safely evacuate all patients, visitors, staff, and volunteers in a controlled manner that will prevent injury or loss of life. The nature of the evacuation can vary from a partial to a total evacuation of the hospital.
Notification- A Code Green is a staged process:
§ Code Green-Standby: requires all staff to return to work stations and all affected areas will prepare to evacuate
§ Code Green-In Effect: is the implementation of a controlled specific or total evacuation. It is based on evacuation instructions from the Incident Command Centre.
§ Code Green-All Clear: Identifies that all areas are to resume normal duties. Areas that may have been evacuated will be directed and receive instructions from the Command Centre.
Code Green-Internal Evacuation
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1st-Horizontial Evacuation
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2nd-Vertical Evacuation
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3rd-Total Evacuation
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§ Only affected area(s) will move at this point
§ All persons in a zone/wing are moved beyond a corridor fire separation door to an adjacent area on the same floor
§ Under direction of the Command Centre/Fire Marshall
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§ All persons on the affected floor are moved vertically toward the ground level
§ First and ground floors are move out of the building
§ Under direction of the Command Centre/Fire Marshall
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§ All persons are moved from the affected building outside or to another building
§ Under direction of the Command Centre/Fire Marshall
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Code Green policy & procedure is available for review on the hospital internet under policies and procedures/codes and contingency policies.