Code Brown: Hazardous Material Spills

A guide to automating the response to hazardous material spills quickly for hospitals.

Challenge

Code brown incidents involve a hazardous material spill at hospitals and require a quick and efficient response.  Ensuring the right staff are made aware of the situation and know what areas to avoid is crucial.

Healthcare facilities need to have a plan for these situations. They need to ensure that calling a code happens fast and that the emergency is resolved or minimized.

Solution

Hospital hazardous material spill automation can be a key aspect of ensuring safe handling of hazardous material. SimplyDigital Hospital offers the Code Brown use case, a solution that calls a response team into action during a chemical emergency. Hospitals can launch alerts in a way that maximizes efficiency without being resource or time-consuming.

There are a lot of ways to improve hospitals' code brown emergency response. The most important thing is informing hospital staff about the chemical spill. The size of the spill, risks to environmental health, and fact that a code has been called are all important factors.

Steps to Success

  1. Send alerts to all staff to inform them of a possible need to evacuate.
  2. Ensure all necessary staff are made aware of the code brown as soon as possible.
  3. Synchronize digital tools for maximum efficiency.

Best Outcome

Use case benefit
Templated emergency event plans cut down on time spent on creating and sending alerts.
Use case benefit
Saved time is spent cleaning the spill, treating those affected, clearing the area, and ensuring proper disposal.
Use case benefit
Reports allow the hospital to improve response effectiveness each time the alerts are used.
Use case benefit
Further expand your ability to respond to emergency codes with medical emergency use cases. These use cases include code orange for external emergencies, code yellow for missing patients, and code green for hospital evacuations.
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