Biomedical Engineering Reference
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fees, and other incurred costs are the respon-
sibility of the recipient hospital. An extension
of liability coverage will be provided by the
recipient facility, to the extent permitted by
federal law, insofar as the donated personnel
are operating within their scope of practice.
The recipient hospital will reimburse the donor
hospital for the salaries of the donated personnel
at the donated personnel's rate as established
at the donor hospital if the personnel are
employees being paid by the donor hospital. The
reimbursement will be made within ninety days
following receipt of the invoice.
The Medical Director of the recipient
hospital will be responsible for providing a
mechanism for granting emergency creden-
tialing privileges' for physician, nurses and
other licensed health care providers to provide
services at the recipient hospital.
5.
Demobilization procedures
: The recipient
hospital will provide and coordinate any
necessary demobilization procedures and post-
event stress debriefing. The recipient hospital
is responsible for providing the donated
personnel transportation necessary for their
return to the donor hospital.
The donor hospital will identify how long it
takes for them to fulfill the request. Since
response time is a central component during a
disaster response, decision and implementation
should occur quickly.
2.
Documentation
: The recipient hospital will
honor the donor hospital's standard order
requisition form as documentation of the
request and receipt of the materials. The recip-
ient hospital's security office or designee will
confirm the receipt of the material resources.
The documentation will detail the following:
a. The items involved.
b. The condition of the equipment prior to the
loan (if applicable).
c. The responsible parties for the borrowed
material.
The donor hospital is responsible for tracking
the borrowed inventory through their standard
requisition forms. Upon the return of the equip-
ment, etc., the original invoice will be co-
signed by the senior administrator or designee
of the recipient hospital recording the condi-
tion of the borrowed equipment.
3.
Transporting of pharmaceuticals, supplies, or
equipment
: The recipient hospital is respon-
sible for coordinating the transportation of
materials both to and from the donor hospital.
This coordination may involve government
and/or private organizations, and the donor
hospital may also offer transport. Upon
request, the receiving hospital must return and
pay the transportation fees for returning or
replacing all borrowed material.
4.
Supervision
: The recipient hospital is respon-
sible for appropriate use and maintenance
of all borrowed pharmaceuticals, supplies, or
equipment.
5.
Financial and legal liability
: The recipient
hospital, to the extent permitted by federal law,
is responsible for all costs arising from the use,
damage, or loss of borrowed pharmaceuticals,
supplies, or equipment, and for liability claims
arising from the use of borrowed supplies and
equipment, except where the donor hospital
has not provided preventive maintenance or
B. Transfer of Pharmaceuticals, Supplies
or Equipment
1.
Communication of Request
: The request for
the transfer of pharmaceuticals, supplies, or
equipment initially can be made verbally. The
request, however, must be followed up with
a written communication. This should ideally
occur prior to the receipt of any material
resources at the recipient hospital. The recip-
ient hospital will identify to the donor hospital
the following:
a. The quantity and exact type of requested
items.
b. An estimate of how quickly the request is
needed.
c. Time period for which the supplies will be
needed.
d. Location to which the supplies should be
delivered.
