Emergency Management
"Preparing Today for Tomorrow's Response"

Sacramento, California, Lions Gate Hotel and Conference Center
June 5th & 6th, 2007

Schedule:

June 5, 2007:
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.	Registration and continental breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon	Professional development for Environmental Services Managers/Supervisors This 4 hour session will be an overview of five principles and prescriptive tools to improve interdepartmental satisfaction with environmental services. In this session we will focus on patient satisfaction and how to improve patient satisfaction scores.
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Professional development for Environmental Services Managers/Supervisors (Repeat of the morning session!)
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.	Reception at The O Club, McClellan Park
June 6, 2007:
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Registration and networking
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.	Welcome Duane Hicks, HospAA President, Manager of Environmental Services, Parking, and Transportation Services, University of California Davis Medical Center
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Katrina’s Legacy: "Teamwork During Trying Times" Tim Talley, V.P. Building Services, East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, Louisiana
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	The California Hospital Association's Involvement in Emergency Preparedness: "What's On The Horizon" Robert Chason, V.P., California Hospital Association
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 Noon	Legislation Impacting Emergency Preparedness Robert Chason, V.P., California Hospital Association
12:00 Noon – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Betsy Lyman, Director Office of Emergency Preparedness, California Department of Health Services
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Panel Discussion: How Hospitals Are Preparing for Emergencies Panel Moderator: Tracy Robles, Director Environmental Risk, Sutter Health Panel Members: Skip Skivington, Interim V.P. Supply Chain, Procurement & Supply, Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Mark Shirley, Environmental Risk Consultant, Sutter Health Risk Services Glynis Foulk, EH&S UC Davis Health System CHW Representative TBD
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.	Break
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.	"Shared Experience With the Joint Commission Survey Environment of Care" Panel Moderator: Tracy Robles, Director Environmental Risk, Sutter Health Panel Members: Dennis Harbert, Director of Facility Services, Kaiser Permanente, Fresno Dorothy Davidson, Clinical Affairs Division, UC Davis Health System Bob Jenzen, Environmental Services Manager, VA Hospital Sue Eisberg, Regional Director Safety & Environmental Health, Sutter Health Services, Sacramento and Sierra Region
3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	Handling Medical Waste During Surge Events Marcy Barnett, Emergency Preparedness Liaison, Environmental Management Branch, California Department of Health Services
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Avoiding Medical Waste Emergencies at Landfills Jack McGurk, President Si3 Consulting