Our Purpose: Protect This House
This is the mission of the LLUH patient decontamination team. In fact, it’s our number one mission during any patient decon event; keep contaminants out of our hospital. If our facility, staff, patients, and visitors become exposed or contaminated we run the risk of complicating whatever situation has been dropped on our doorstep. Our staff is our biggest asset; we must protect them so that they may serve the community who depends on them during times of crisis.
Synergistically, our mission is also to clean contaminants off of any patient coming in to our hospital so that they can receive medical treatment from our world class medical professionals.
Please join our team and help “Protect This House”.
How & Why the Decon Team is Implemented
The Loma Linda University Medical Center Patient Decontamination Team is called to action when a mass casualty incident occurs and may overwhelm the emergency department’s resources.
The decon team is alerted through a mass notification, including pager, mobile phone, and e-mail communications. After being notified, decon team members converge on what will become the emergency treatment area. Concurrently, other designated team members mobilize and haul emergency decon trailers that house all equipment from their staging area to the predetermined emergency treatment area (usually outside the emergency department), at which time a perimeter is formed, equipment is set up, decon tents are erected, and the team prepares for action.