audit emergency medical personal protective equipment

Office of the City Manager INFORMATION CALENDAR March 25, 2008 To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council From: Phil Kamlarz, City Manager Submitted by: Debra Pryor, Fire Chief Subject: Audit: Emergency Medical Personal Protective Equipment INTRODUCTION On June 26, 2007, an audit report of the Fire Department’s Emergency Medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was presented to the City Council. The Auditor made four recommendations, and asked that a status report on these recommendations be made to Council in March 2008. The following is a list of the Auditor’s findings and recommendations, and the status of each. CURRENT SITUATION AND ITS EFFECTS To date, all four recommendations made by the Auditor’s office have been implemented and no further status reports are required. Finding 1: Certain Medical Personal Protective Equipment Was Not Always Worn When Appropriate Recommendation 1.1: Reiterate to all staff the importance of always donning the appropriate medical PPE. Reiterate to the officers the importance of enforcing this requirement. Recommendation 1.2: Consider a means of positively recognizing the staff that always wear appropriate medical PPE and having negative consequences for those who don’t. Status: Fully implemented recommendations 1.1 and 1.2. Fire management has implemented annual mask fit testing and issued N95 replacement masks to all first responders. The training emphasized the importance of ...