Offhand, my personal recommendations consist of the following aside from the need to have a uniform hospital emergency and disaster alert and response codes.Hospital emergency and disaster codes are being used in hospitals worldwide to convey essential information quickly to staff while preventing stress or panic among patients and visitors in the hospitals.Immediate Trigger for this ROJ’s TPOR (thoughts, perceptions, opinions, and recommendations): Alert code sounded for the Black Nazarene Feast in two hospitals I am affiliated with. Hospitals often use code names to alert staff to an emergency or other event. "Code Red" "Code Blue" "Code Black"...people sometimes wonder what these terms mean if they happen to hear them used in a hospital (or more likely, hear them used on a TV series about doctors). Hospital emergency and disaster codes are being used for two purposes, one, to convey need to be alert or ready and two, to convey type of emergency or disaster occurring in the hospital that needs a corresponding response.For the hospitals under the Department of Health, because of the Administrative Orders 182 s 2001 and 2008 – 0024, there is a standardized code alert system which consists of Code White, Code Blue, and Code Red.
From my experience, there are variable usages and connotations for the three codes.For example, in Manila Doctors Hospital, currently, there is a Code Red which is a response code for fire. Some hospitals do not even have emergency and disaster codes at all but majority have. University of the Philippines Manila College of MedicineIn the Department of Surgery of Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center, there are three alert codes in anticipation for sudden surge of patients. Hospital Emergency and Disaster Alert Codes and Response Codes A Call for Uniformity in the Philippines by Reynaldo O Joson on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 12:13am Hospital Emergency and Disaster Alert Codes and Response Codes A Call for Uniformity in the Philippines Reynaldo O. Joson, MD, MHA, MHPEd, MSc Surg January 9, 2012 … What is the difference between alert and response codes?In the Philippines, there is a need to standardize the emergency and disaster codes being used in government and private hospitals. I don’t know to what extent the local government hospitals and private hospitals are using the same codes. By clicking or navigating the site, you agree to allow our collection of information on and off Facebook through cookies.
Is there a universal standardization of the codes?There is currently no universal standardization of the emergency and disaster codes being used by hospitals. For the hospitals under the Department of Health, because of the Administrative Orders 182 s 2001 and 2008 – 0024, there is a standardized code alert system which consists of Code White, Code Blue, and Code Red. Learn more, including about available controls: 2.
There is a Code White being activated when more services of doctors and nurses are needed in the Emergency Room because of surge of patients.This is a challenge for the health emergency managers in the government and private hospitals.To help personalize content, tailor and measure ads, and provide a safer experience, we use cookies. There is a Code Blue being activated when there are patients needing the service of the hospital’s resuscitation team. Codes can be communicated through an intercom in the hospital or directly to staff. These are, namely: Reynaldo O. Joson, MD, MHA, MHPEd, MSc SurgAs mentioned above, in the Philippines, there is really a need to standardize the emergency and disaster codes being used in government and private hospitals to facilitate collaborative networking and responses during emergencies and disasters in the country and in a specific community.1.