| Summary: | 碩士 === 長榮大學 === 職業安全與衛生學系碩士班 === 95 === Abstract
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) caused global catastrophe in Taiwan. The emergence of SARS posed a very serious issue: “There is no emergency response planning among hospitals taking SARS patients.” Our main objective was to establish an evaluation model to fill the urgency of hospitals’ need in Taiwan.
This study intends to establish an evaluation model for emergency plans through the Delphi Technique. Questionnaires for the emergency response planning evaluation model will be setup for experts in related fields to review. A drill will be conducted at a hospital directly governed by Department of Health, after the initial guideline and evaluation model are completed to provide a mechanism to improve them and to further prove their effectiveness. Basically, the establishment of this evaluation model follows five step processes: 1). Initiation. 2). Formulation. 3). Implementation. 4). Evaluation. 5). Improvement/integration.
The evaluation method established in this study includes thirteen major categories. Each major category contains several items depending upon its relative importance. Each item has its own weight. The results from this study fill up the gaps in the governmental structural deficiency and the lack of occupational safety and health education and training among medical personnel in Taiwan. This evaluation method will also serve as a diagnostic means for hospital’s emergency response plan.
Emergency response planning is the most important issue in hospital’s safety management. Government should increase the weight of hospital’s safety management in their routine hospital inspections so that hospitals would be more willing to take this issue more seriously in order to protect the wellness of hospital personnel and patients.
Keywords: Emergency Response, Emergency Response Plan, Evaluation Method。
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