Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, Maine, recently conducted an infectious disease drill to test the hospital’s emergency operation plan, according to an article on the Kennebec Journal website.
The drill included the staff of the emergency department, the environmental services lab, the X-ray department, NorthStar EMS and administration.
The hospital has done several emergency drills, but this is the first one directed at the containment and treatment of a patient with an infectious disease.
“Even though the Ebola threat has died down, it’s still out there,” Michael Senecal, FMH emergency preparedness coordinator, said in the article. “And there may be another infectious disease in three months, six months, or further down the road that we need to be ready for.”
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