Healthcare

Disaster Restoration for Healthcare

The world relies on the Healthcare industry to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year — even in the event of a natural disaster. Medical patients represent some of the most vulnerable members of society, and if something interrupts or prevents you from administering appropriate care, they could face devastating results. Fires, floods, storms and other events can all lead to structural damage, power loss and expose the people in your building to risks and hazardous substances.

If you operate a hospital, medical office, senior living facility, or another Healthcare center and your property sustains damage during a disaster, every minute counts. In most cases, you have less than 48 hours to begin recovery and restoration if you want to limit your losses, reduce liability and prevent additional damage to the area. With a disaster preparedness plan for hospitals from Unlimited Restoration, Inc. (URI),  you can continue operations, ensure safety, accelerate restoration and reduce your insurance claims.

Is Emergency Operations Planning (EOP) and Training Necessary for Healthcare Organizations?

In the Healthcare industry, Emergency Operations Planning (EOP) and Traning is essential. In the last few years, hospitals and Healthcare facilities in several states faced significant disruptions from hurricanes, tornadoes, and other severe weather events. Even a fire in an equipment storeroom can cause a ripple effect throughout a building, causing smoke and fire damage as well as potential water damage from sprinkler systems. It can also force immediate evacuations you may not have a plan for.

Healthcare facilities are unique, and medical staff must manage a wide range of responsibilities in the event of a disaster. Disaster restoration planning for health care organizations is necessary for:

  • Ensuring safety: Create a plan to keep patients, residents, staff and visitors safe.
  • Maintaining care: Maintain constant patient care with an established disaster plan.
  • Preserving records: Preserve and restore vital patient records and other documents.
  • Emergency decontamination: Develop effective equipment decontamination procedures.

What Disaster Response Services Are Available for Hospitals?

Disaster restoration for Healthcare presents specific challenges — and we are prepared to meet them all. At URI, we provide the full range of professional disaster restoration services, including cleanup, containment, restoration and decontamination in hospitals and Healthcare facilities. Our teams have the training and equipment necessary to help you reduce your losses, keep your people safe and much more with a rapid response to any disaster. Our list of services includes:

  • Water damage restoration
  • Fire and smoke damage restoration
  • Mold and environmental remediation
  • Content restoration
  • Fast-track demolition and reconstruction
  • Document recovery
  • Emergency decontamination
  • Deodorization
  • Infection prevention and control
  • Containment, critical barriers, and anterooms
  • Asbestos abatement
  • Emergency Operations Planning (EOP) and Training
  • Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) compliance

Creating Your Hospital or Medical Office Continuity Plan

If your Healthcare facility has been affected by water, fire, mold, storms, or any other disasters, please call our 24/7 Emergency Response Hotline at: 888.327.9664 for immediate assistance. We will arrive fast and employ expert containment and control methods to prevent the spread of infection and hazardous substances so that your occupants remain unaffected. To create an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for your Healthcare facility, please contact us online.

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What Our Clients Are Saying

Thank you so much for coming together so quickly to help us in our flood remediation. I appreciate everyone’s hard work. It is nice to know we can depend on the URI Team when a disaster strikes.

– Dave King, Plant Operations Manager, St. Joseph Medical Center, part of the University of Maryland Medical System
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