Emergency Response To Infectious Disease Drill Today In Solano County

Solano County officials will conduct a drill today that involves an emergency response to an infectious and communicable disease.

The drill will give the county’s hospitals and emergency first responders a chance to practice and improve their response to care for county residents in a disaster or disease emergency situation.

Beginning this morning, “patients” will appear at the hospitals with an infectious disease, testing the hospitals’ policies and procedures to emerging communicable diseases.

The Solano County Public Health Emergency Medical Services Agency participates in a statewide emergency preparedness drill each year and leads efforts at the local level.

Last year’s drill focused on an active shooter scenario.

This year’s drill mirrors the recent response by hospitals in the country to the Ebola virus that has killed more than 5,000 people in West Africa.

The NorthBay Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Solano Medical Center are participating in the emergency response drill.

--Bay City News

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