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Security planning for public health emergencies. 2015

Bryan Warren

In this article the author identifies the security sensitive areas of a hospital during a public health emergency event, and the need to have processes and plans in place to mitigate the security and traffic related problems that accompany such events. He describes a number of specialized security and safety guidelines and tools that have been designed by and provided to healthcare security professionals free of charge.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011634	Public Health	Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.	Community Health,Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health,Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health,Health, Community,Health, Public
D004190	Disasters	Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community.
D006761	Hospitals	Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients.	Hospital
D012637	Security Measures	Regulations to assure protection of property and equipment.	National Security,Measure, Security,Measures, Security,Security Measure,Security, National