Meetings and Reports

Introduction

Date of Last Review 9/5/08
SME: Safety Compliance Coordinator

This topic provides information about the following:

Safety Committee's meetings

Reports made to the Safety Committee during the meetings

Frequency

The Safety Committee meets every other month.

Agenda

The Safety Committee covers old business, then new business, then adjourns.

Schedule

The Safety Committee follows a regularly published schedule for each meeting.

Topics for discussion

The schedule may include any or all of the following topics:

Matters referred by one of the following:

Executive Committee

Hospital administration

Follow-up on safety survey reports

Findings of the fire and environmental incident reporting system

Evaluation of fire drills

Hazardous Materials Program:

Report

Annual evaluation of activities

Drug and product recalls

Disaster events:

Actual

Drills

Bomb threats

Risk management data

Contents of the reports

This table lists what the reports that various Committee/Departments make to the Safety Committee must include:

Note: These reports should also include other matters of interest to the Safety Committee.

Committee/Department	Required Contents
UTHSC Workers Compensation Insurance Representative	Aggregate employee, faculty, and student injury data
Hospital-Wide Education representative	Safety classes held and scheduled Attendance at safety classes
Biomedical Coordinator	Equipment Management Plan update
Chief of Police	The following activities reported during the last month: Thefts Vandalism Assaults
Nursing Administrator/designee	The following information about nursing unit safety surveys: Summary results Corrective follow-ups
Facilities Management	The following occurrences during the last month: Reports of abnormal utility operations Abnormal occurrences involving the building and/or grounds Any construction activities effecting the Life Safety Code
Performance Improvement Representative, Risk Management	Performance Improvement Coordinating Council (PICC) information Summary of patient injury reports
Infection Control Practitioner	Summary of actions taken that may impact the Safety Management Program

Related Standards

The Joint Commission : Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of Infection

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