Safety Program

Safety Program

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Each provider with a facility must design and maintain a safety program that ensures continuing attention to the health and safety of DBS staff members, consumers, and the visiting public.

The plan must include:

quarterly fire drills

emergency evacuation procedures; other, In times of emergency, the State of Texas collects and makes available information needed to address the safety and security of its citizens and their property.

United States Department of Labor, How to plan Workplace emergencies and evacuations.

Texas Department of Public Safety, State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) - Public; Do you or anyone you know need some assistance during times of an emergency event? The state of Texas presents the STEAR program. The STEAR program is a free registry that provides local emergency planners and emergency responders with additional information on the needs in their community. Texas communities use the registry information in different ways. Registering yourself in the STEAR registry DOES NOT guarantee that you will receive a specific service during an emergency. Available services will vary by community. For more information on how your community will use information in the STEAR registry, contact your local emergency management office.

emergency exit diagrams, there are sites in which you can purchase programs to create you diagrams or you can draw them.

procedures for obtaining emergency medical services from a doctor, hospital, or emergency

medical service unit; and

special procedures for consumers with disabilities who require particular attention or action, including those whose behavior may be detrimental to the health, safety, or successful program achievement by themselves or others.

In addition, each provider must have an incident reporting system in place including a form for staff members to use to report incidents.

The incident report form must include at least the following information:

the date, time, and place of the incident;
nature of the incident;
names of DARS DBS consumers, witnesses, or others involved;
name of the person making the report;
a description of the incident, and
actions taken and planned by the provider as a result of the incident.
Upon request, copies of incident reports pertinent to DARS DBS consumers must be made available to DARS DBS staff members.

The following incidents must be reported to the referring DARS DBS counselor and liaison counselor by the close of business the next working day following an incident.

emergency Medical Services (EMS),
emergency room treatment
hospitalization
death