Water safety planning for healthcare facilities for extreme events
Krause, Steffen, Joel, Elena, Schaum, Christian, Baumer, Jan, Ruecker, Nadine, Wienand, Ina, Sturm, Christoph, Jahn-Muel, Bernhard, Geiger, Manuel, Fekete, Alexander, van der Heijden, Sophie, Heinzel, Christine and Sandholz, Simone, (2023). Water safety planning for healthcare facilities for extreme events. Journal Water Health, 1-20
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Sub-type Journal article Author Krause, Steffen
Joel, Elena
Schaum, Christian
Baumer, Jan
Ruecker, Nadine
Wienand, Ina
Sturm, Christoph
Jahn-Muel, Bernhard
Geiger, Manuel
Fekete, Alexander
van der Heijden, Sophie
Heinzel, Christine
Sandholz, SimoneTitle Water safety planning for healthcare facilities for extreme events Appearing in Journal Water Health Publication Date 2023-12-05 Place of Publication London Publisher International Water Association Publishing Start page 1 End page 20 Language eng Abstract Disasters such as the Ahr Valley flood in 2021 make us aware of the importance of functioning healthcare facilities. Their functionality depends on the availability of drinking water. Water safety planning is a long-established method to increase the safety of water utilities. Our work supports the implementation of water safety planning in healthcare facilities during normal operations and emergency situations concerning the water supply. The authors conducted a stakeholder mapping exercise and problem awareness analysis. Based on these results, it was identified what is needed to overcome barriers to water safety planning (WSP). Building on existing procedures, the WSP concept, and latest scientific findings, an event-specific risk assessment method for healthcare facilities was developed and applied in a case study. Based on an analysis of water demand, water-related processes, and infrastructure, potentially necessary components for establishing an emergency supply were identified. For these, based on technical and legal requirements, planning principles were developed, and prototypes of components for emergency water supply were built. They were tested in pilot trials, particularly regarding hygienic safety. For the management of crises in hospitals, a survey was carried out on the command structures used in practice. Finally, recommendations were drawn based on the German Hospital Incident Command System. UNBIS Thesaurus RISK ASSESSMENT Keyword Drinking water impairment
Emergency preparedness planning
Healthcare facilities
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