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WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IN THE CASE OF A FIRE AT UIHC?
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• STEP ONE
• Remember RACE
• Any person discovering a fire remember the
  acronym RACE. This stands for
• RESCUE remove anyone in danger. If necessary
  move patients behind the next set of fire doors.
• ALARM/Alert activate the nearest fire alarm.
• Pull the nearest Fire Alarm OR
• Tell a co-worker to pull it!
• Dial 195 to notify Safety and Security
• CONTAIN/Confine confine the fire by closing the
  surrounding windows and doors.
• EXTINGUISH/Evacuate extinguish the fire by using
  any available extinguisher.
• If working in the lab you should also have
  someone dial 195 to notify safety and security,
  initiate an overhead Code F and evacuate the
  lab.

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• STEP TWO
• Make A Decision

-Should I close doors to contain the fire,
initiate an evacuation horizontally and
the area? (this fire is too
big!) -Should I use a Fire Extinguisher?
OR
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HOW DO I KNOW WHICH ONE?
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When to put out a FireWhen to ExitHow to
use a Fire Extinguisher
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and hasnt spread!
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You may use a fire extinguisher ONLY IF You
have been trained on WHEN and HOW to use a fire
extinguisher and you receive annual re-training.
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Fire Extinguisher Tips
Most extinguishers only last about 10 18
seconds. Dont let the fire, heat, or smoke
come between you and your way out! Use the
PASS system. Use the right kind of
extinguisher.
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Use the PASS system

• Pull the pin
• Aim at the base of the fire from about 8 feet
  away
• Squeeze the handle
• Sweep from side to side at the base of the fire
  until it is out

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• Use The Right Kind Of Extinguisher

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From the Department of Pathology Fire Safety
Procedure

• Extinguishers at UIHC

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Now What?

• If the fire goes out
• Stand back, it can flare up!
• Then, Evacuate horizontally to an area beyond a
  fire door!
• If the fire doesnt go out
• Evacuate horizontally to an area beyond a fire
  door!
• Fire Officials will tell you if and when to
  evacuate the building.

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Department of Pathology Fire Safety Procedure
IF YOU HEAR A FIRE ALARM in Clinical Pathology at
UIHC

• A supervisor or designee should immediately check
  the enunciator fire panel in your area.
• 6RC Core Path has 2 enunciator panels
• By the bathrooms in the hallway near the Carver
  Atrium (just around the corner and to the right
  at the end of the 6RC break-room hallway).
• To the right of the staff locker room near the EE
  elevator.
• 6BT Microbiologys panel is on the east wall of
  the entrance hallway by the staff locker-room.
• Based upon information on the enunciator panel,
  make an overhead announcement of Code F or
  Code F All Clear (see next slide).
• If an investigation reveals a firefollow RACE
  and PASS guidelines.

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Department of Pathology Fire Safety Procedure
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Department of Pathology Fire Safety Procedure
Your sections designated meeting place will be
shown to you at orientation and fire drills will
be conducted on a quarterly basis. If you hear
fire alarms followed by an overhead announcement
of Code F. Leave your work area, and go
directly to your labs designated meeting place.
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Procedures for laboratory areas when Fire Alarm
sounds AND Alert Lights flash All Laboratory
areas Designated personnel from area checks
enunciator panel and observes if fire doors in
that area have closed. If Then Doors and
panel lights are not activated Announce Code F
All Clear over Dial-Access Page System using
telephone number specific to area Lights on any
panel are activated Personnel must investigate
affected area NOTIFY HOSPITAL SECURITY AT 195
AND STATE CAUSE Smoke and/or fire is present,
announce over Dial-Access Page System that a Code
F is in progress. Evacuation routes are
posted at exits of each laboratory area.
Personnel exit laboratory and proceed to
designated triage area for further instructions.
Procedure for using Dial-Access Page system
Dial 121. When phone stops ringing, dial access
code for floor 0 - for all of Pathology in GH
and RCP Blood Bank Blood Donor Center 5th
floor RCP 6th floor RCP 1- Blood Donor Center
only 2- Pediatric Laboratory 3- Blood Bank
only 4 - Cancer Center Laboratory 5 - for 5th
floor RCP 6- for 6th floor RCP 7- Surgical
Pathology area (5JPP) 8- Family Care Center
Laboratory 9- Microbiology Laboratory
Department of Pathology Fire Safety Procedure
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Procedures for laboratory areas when Fire Alarm
sounds AND Alert Lights flash All Laboratory
areas Designated personnel from area checks
enunciator panel and observes if fire doors in
that area have closed. If Then Doors and
panel lights are not activated Announce Code F
All Clear over Dial-Access Page System using
telephone number specific to area Lights on any
panel are activated Personnel must investigate
affected area NOTIFY HOSPITAL SECURITY AT 195
AND STATE CAUSE Smoke and/or fire is present,
announce over Dial-Access Page System that a Code
F is in progress. Evacuation routes are
posted at exits of each laboratory area.
Personnel exit laboratory and proceed to
designated triage area for further instructions.
Procedure for using Dial-Access Page system
Dial 121. When phone stops ringing, dial access
code for floor 0 - for all of Pathology in GH
and RCP Blood Bank Blood Donor Center 5th
floor RCP 6th floor RCP 1- Blood Donor Center
only 2- Pediatric Laboratory 3- Blood Bank
only 4 - Cancer Center Laboratory 5 - for 5th
floor RCP 6- for 6th floor RCP 7- Surgical
Pathology area (5JPP) 8- Family Care Center
Laboratory 9- Microbiology Laboratory
Procedures for laboratory areas when Fire Alarm
sounds AND Alert Lights flash All Laboratory
areas Designated personnel from area checks
enunciator panel and observes if fire doors in
that area have closed. If Then Doors and
panel lights are not activated Announce Code F
All Clear over Dial-Access Page System using
telephone number specific to area Lights on any
panel are activated Personnel must investigate
affected area NOTIFY HOSPITAL SECURITY AT 195
AND STATE CAUSE Smoke and/or fire is present,
announce over Dial-Access Page System that a Code
F is in progress. Evacuation routes are
posted at exits of each laboratory area.
Personnel exit laboratory and proceed to
designated triage area for further instructions.
Procedure for using Dial-Access Page system
Dial 121. When phone stops ringing, dial access
code for floor 0 - for all of Pathology in GH
and RCP Blood Bank Blood Donor Center 5th
floor RCP 6th floor RCP 1- Blood Donor Center
only 2- Pediatric Laboratory 3- Blood Bank
only 4 - Cancer Center Laboratory 5 - for 5th
floor RCP 6- for 6th floor RCP 7- Surgical
Pathology area (5JPP) 8- Family Care Center
Laboratory 9- Microbiology Laboratory
Department of Pathology Fire Safety Procedure
REMEMBER Evacuate horizontally to an area
beyond a fire door! Fire Officials will tell you
if and when to evacuate the building.
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Procedures for laboratory areas when Fire Alarm
sounds AND Alert Lights flash All Laboratory
areas Designated personnel from area checks
enunciator panel and observes if fire doors in
that area have closed. If Then Doors and
panel lights are not activated Announce Code F
All Clear over Dial-Access Page System using
telephone number specific to area Lights on any
panel are activated Personnel must investigate
affected area NOTIFY HOSPITAL SECURITY AT 195
AND STATE CAUSE Smoke and/or fire is present,
announce over Dial-Access Page System that a Code
F is in progress. Evacuation routes are
posted at exits of each laboratory area.
Personnel exit laboratory and proceed to
designated triage area for further instructions.
Procedure for using Dial-Access Page system
Dial 121. When phone stops ringing, dial access
code for floor 0 - for all of Pathology in GH
and RCP Blood Bank Blood Donor Center 5th
floor RCP 6th floor RCP 1- Blood Donor Center
only 2- Pediatric Laboratory 3- Blood Bank
only 4 - Cancer Center Laboratory 5 - for 5th
floor RCP 6- for 6th floor RCP 7- Surgical
Pathology area (5JPP) 8- Family Care Center
Laboratory 9- Microbiology Laboratory
Department of Pathology Fire Safety Procedure
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Procedures for laboratory areas when Fire Alarm
sounds AND Alert Lights flash All Laboratory
areas Designated personnel from area checks
enunciator panel and observes if fire doors in
that area have closed. If Then Doors and
panel lights are not activated Announce Code F
All Clear over Dial-Access Page System using
telephone number specific to area Lights on any
panel are activated Personnel must investigate
affected area NOTIFY HOSPITAL SECURITY AT 195
AND STATE CAUSE Smoke and/or fire is present,
announce over Dial-Access Page System that a Code
F is in progress. Evacuation routes are
posted at exits of each laboratory area.
Personnel exit laboratory and proceed to
designated triage area for further instructions.
Procedure for using Dial-Access Page system
Dial 121. When phone stops ringing, dial access
code for floor 0 - for all of Pathology in GH
and RCP Blood Bank Blood Donor Center 5th
floor RCP 6th floor RCP 1- Blood Donor Center
only 2- Pediatric Laboratory 3- Blood Bank
only 4 - Cancer Center Laboratory 5 - for 5th
floor RCP 6- for 6th floor RCP 7- Surgical
Pathology area (5JPP) 8- Family Care Center
Laboratory 9- Microbiology Laboratory
Department of Pathology Fire Safety Procedure
Directions for Fire/Emergency Evacuation Drill
of the Core6RCP/Micro-6BT Laboratories

• A member of the safety committee or designee (the
  evacuation coordinator) will initiate the drill.
• Clerks/Specimen processors will dial 121-6 -
  6RCP or 121-9 6BT and announce Code F (for
  an actual fire) or Code F Drill (for a fire
  drill), evacuate the laboratory. For any other
  emergency evacuation, Evacuate the laboratory.
  This is NOT a drill.
• All personnel are to exit the Lab and meet
• 6RC in the atrium hallway outside the double
  fire doors (at the end of the break-room
  hallway).
• 6BT by the A elevator outside the double fire
  doors.
• Lab personnel will assist any disabled
  individuals.
• In the case of an Evacuation Drill if there are
  outpatients in the drawing room or waiting for
  phlebotomy, stay with the patient and continue
  the procedure. In the case of an Actual
  Evacuation, cease the procedure and evacuate the
  patients.
• Supervisors must account for all personnel. Take
  the daily schedule to the evacuation meeting
  site.
• Each employee should sign the evacuation/drill
  log to document presence/participation.
• Return to the laboratory ONLY when indication by
  the evacuation coordinator.
• Clerical/processing staff will announce Code F
  Drill, All Clear on the overhead paging system.
  In the case of an actual evacuation, instructions
  will be given.
• Familiarize yourself with the evacuation egress
  diagrams. They are posted at every exit of the
  Clinical Labs.
• Be prepared at anytime to tell an inspector or
  auditor how you would evacuate the lab from your
  present position AND how the acronyms RACE and
  PASS fit into our labs Fire Safety Procedure.
• Please direct any questions regarding these
  instructions to your supervisor or to a Core Lab
  Safety Committee member Jon Maakestad, Lori
  Austin, Barb Swanson, Matt Zubcic or Wendy Voigt.
  05/21/2007.

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Procedures for laboratory areas when Fire Alarm
sounds AND Alert Lights flash All Laboratory
areas Designated personnel from area checks
enunciator panel and observes if fire doors in
that area have closed. If Then Doors and
panel lights are not activated Announce Code F
All Clear over Dial-Access Page System using
telephone number specific to area Lights on any
panel are activated Personnel must investigate
affected area NOTIFY HOSPITAL SECURITY AT 195
AND STATE CAUSE Smoke and/or fire is present,
announce over Dial-Access Page System that a Code
F is in progress. Evacuation routes are
posted at exits of each laboratory area.
Personnel exit laboratory and proceed to
designated triage area for further instructions.
Procedure for using Dial-Access Page system
Dial 121. When phone stops ringing, dial access
code for floor 0 - for all of Pathology in GH
and RCP Blood Bank Blood Donor Center 5th
floor RCP 6th floor RCP 1- Blood Donor Center
only 2- Pediatric Laboratory 3- Blood Bank
only 4 - Cancer Center Laboratory 5 - for 5th
floor RCP 6- for 6th floor RCP 7- Surgical
Pathology area (5JPP) 8- Family Care Center
Laboratory 9- Microbiology Laboratory
Procedures for laboratory areas when Fire Alarm
sounds AND Alert Lights flash All Laboratory
areas Designated personnel from area checks
enunciator panel and observes if fire doors in
that area have closed. If Then Doors and
panel lights are not activated Announce Code F
All Clear over Dial-Access Page System using
telephone number specific to area Lights on any
panel are activated Personnel must investigate
affected area NOTIFY HOSPITAL SECURITY AT 195
AND STATE CAUSE Smoke and/or fire is present,
announce over Dial-Access Page System that a Code
F is in progress. Evacuation routes are
posted at exits of each laboratory area.
Personnel exit laboratory and proceed to
designated triage area for further instructions.
Procedure for using Dial-Access Page system
Dial 121. When phone stops ringing, dial access
code for floor 0 - for all of Pathology in GH
and RCP Blood Bank Blood Donor Center 5th
floor RCP 6th floor RCP 1- Blood Donor Center
only 2- Pediatric Laboratory 3- Blood Bank
only 4 - Cancer Center Laboratory 5 - for 5th
floor RCP 6- for 6th floor RCP 7- Surgical
Pathology area (5JPP) 8- Family Care Center
Laboratory 9- Microbiology Laboratory
What if you are laboratory staff working on a
patient care area?

• Laboratory personnel who are working on the
  patient care areas
• Follow the directions of the charge nurse or
  nurse manager on that area.

The Department of Pathology complies with fire
protection and prevention procedures as outlined
in the Hospital Safety Manual https//thepoint.he
althcare.uiowa.edu/sites/Policies-UIHCPolicies/def
ault.aspx Look for fire safety documents in
the Safety Reference Cards or see the next slide.
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Procedures for laboratory areas when Fire Alarm
sounds AND Alert Lights flash All Laboratory
areas Designated personnel from area checks
enunciator panel and observes if fire doors in
that area have closed. If Then Doors and
panel lights are not activated Announce Code F
All Clear over Dial-Access Page System using
telephone number specific to area Lights on any
panel are activated Personnel must investigate
affected area NOTIFY HOSPITAL SECURITY AT 195
AND STATE CAUSE Smoke and/or fire is present,
announce over Dial-Access Page System that a Code
F is in progress. Evacuation routes are
posted at exits of each laboratory area.
Personnel exit laboratory and proceed to
designated triage area for further instructions.
Procedure for using Dial-Access Page system
Dial 121. When phone stops ringing, dial access
code for floor 0 - for all of Pathology in GH
and RCP Blood Bank Blood Donor Center 5th
floor RCP 6th floor RCP 1- Blood Donor Center
only 2- Pediatric Laboratory 3- Blood Bank
only 4 - Cancer Center Laboratory 5 - for 5th
floor RCP 6- for 6th floor RCP 7- Surgical
Pathology area (5JPP) 8- Family Care Center
Laboratory 9- Microbiology Laboratory
Procedures for laboratory areas when Fire Alarm
sounds AND Alert Lights flash All Laboratory
areas Designated personnel from area checks
enunciator panel and observes if fire doors in
that area have closed. If Then Doors and
panel lights are not activated Announce Code F
All Clear over Dial-Access Page System using
telephone number specific to area Lights on any
panel are activated Personnel must investigate
affected area NOTIFY HOSPITAL SECURITY AT 195
AND STATE CAUSE Smoke and/or fire is present,
announce over Dial-Access Page System that a Code
F is in progress. Evacuation routes are
posted at exits of each laboratory area.
Personnel exit laboratory and proceed to
designated triage area for further instructions.
Procedure for using Dial-Access Page system
Dial 121. When phone stops ringing, dial access
code for floor 0 - for all of Pathology in GH
and RCP Blood Bank Blood Donor Center 5th
floor RCP 6th floor RCP 1- Blood Donor Center
only 2- Pediatric Laboratory 3- Blood Bank
only 4 - Cancer Center Laboratory 5 - for 5th
floor RCP 6- for 6th floor RCP 7- Surgical
Pathology area (5JPP) 8- Family Care Center
Laboratory 9- Microbiology Laboratory
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Review
Now lets answer some questions to see how well
you remember the important points about
When to put out a Fire When to Exit How to
use a Fire Extinguisher
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WHEN CAN YOU USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER?
Review
Choose the best answer

• If you see one within 10 feet of the fire.
• If the fire hasnt left the room.
• If the fire is small and hasnt spread.
• If you have someone with you.

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Sorry, the correct answer is
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• Only when a fire is first starting and is very
  small like
• In a waste basket
• In a microwave oven
• In a toaster
• and hasnt spread.

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Thats right!
Review

• You can use a fire extinguisher -
• Only when a fire is first starting and is very
  small like
• In a waste basket
• In a microwave oven
• In a toaster
• and hasnt spread.

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A fire extinguisher lasts about?
Review
Choose the best answer

• 8 to 10 seconds.
• 10 to 18 seconds.
• 18 to 30 seconds.
• 30 to 60 seconds.

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Sorry, the correct answer is
Review

• Most extinguishers only last about
• 10 18 seconds.

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Thats right!
Review

• Most extinguishers only last about 10 18
  seconds.

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What should you do if you hear a Code F
announced in Pathology?
Review
Choose the best answer

• Evacuate immediately to your labs designated
  area.
• Find your coat and keys.
• Get a co-worker to help put out the fire.
• Follow the Pathology Fire Safety Procedure
  ignoring RACE and PASS.

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Sorry, the correct answer is
Review

• Evacuate immediately to your labs designated
  area.
• Do not waste time looking for your coat, keys or
  shutting down your computer.
• Walk out of the building to the appointed meeting
  place.
• Follow the Pathology Fire Safety Procedure
  ignoring RACE and PASS

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Thats right!
Review

• Immediately EVACUATE horizontally to an area
  beyond a fire door! Fire Officials will tell you
  if and when to evacuate the building.
• Do not waste time looking for your coat, keys or
  being concerned about your workspace.
• Walk out of the building to the appointed meeting
  place.
• Wait for the all clear signal before you
  re-enter the building.

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The PASS system means ?
Review
Choose the best answer

• Point Aim Shoot Suds.
• Prepare Aim Sweep Shoot.
• Point Arm Stand Squeeze
• Pull Aim Squeeze Sweep

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Sorry, the correct answer is
Review
Pull the pin Aim at the base of the fire from
about 8 feet away Squeeze the handle Sweep from
side to side at the base of the fire until it is
out
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Thats right!
Review

• Pull the pin
• Aim at the base of the fire from about 8 feet
  away
• Squeeze the handle
• Sweep from side to side at the base of the fire
  until it is out

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Whether you succeed or not in putting out the
fire you must ?
Review

• Return the extinguisher to its mount
• Tell your supervisor
• Evacuate
• Sound the all clear

Choose the best answer
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Sorry, the correct answer is
Review

• Evacuate!
• If the fire goes out
• Stand back, it can flare up!
• Evacuate! (Remember you set off the alarm or
  asked a coworker to do it before you went for the
  extinguisher.)
• If the fire doesnt go out
• Evacuate!

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Thats right!
Review

• Evacuate!
• If the fire goes out
• Stand back, it can flare up!
• Evacuate! (Remember you set off the alarm or
  asked a coworker to do it before you went for the
  extinguisher.)
• If the fire doesnt go out
• Evacuate!

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STOP - PLEASE READ

• Thank you for taking the time to learn about fire
  safety in Pathology at UIHC.
• Dont forget to visit the Pathology Risk
  Management ICON site and take your quarterly fire
  safety quiz!
• Your Risk Management Officer will notify you of
  Fire Safety deadlines each quarter.
• Please remember to also
• Look at the Safety Crossword which can be found
  in the content link on the green bar of your icon
  course.
• Go to the quizzes link on the green bar in your
  icon course and take the June 2007 fire safety
  quiz which will be auto-graded and recorded for
  your safety officers records.
• If you do not take the quiz by June 30, 2007 you
  will be notified by your safety officer or your
  supervisor/manager.