Staff briefings

Controls Controls included procedures for identifying and tracking aircraft, training (including simulator missions), briefings, staff controllers, and communication channels. The SD and ASO provided real-time oversight of the crew s activities. 

Give Karen warning if usual staff taking leave, arranging alternative (experienced and well-briefed) staff cover... 

Special induction sessions were undertaken for all of those involved in the hospital project works. These were organised following the appointment of the principal contractor to brief staff. This specially targeted precaution was thought to be necessary because of hazards arising from work in hygiene-sensitive areas and for hospital staff to appreciate and understand the possible impact and implications of the contractors remedial works for their normal activities. ... 

Prepare a briefing document, drawn from the PSM proposal and executive summary, that executives, colleagues, and staff can use in responding to media queries or in crafting speeches and other presentations. 

Provide support materials to key people. Prepare a briefing document, drawn from the integration proposal and executive summary, that executives, colleagues, and staff can use in responding to internal or external enquiries or in crafting speeches and other presentations. This document is often framed in terms of providing answers to questions that employees or other interested parties may ask. Some sample questions and answers are provided at the end of this chapter. 

As with the administration staff, line managers will only tend to require a briefing on the scheme as well as an explanation of their role. The latter should make clear to them ... 

Plan ahead for those brief periods of slack time, and use them productively. In many laboratories, instrument maintenance, operator training, and staff development are in chronic deficit. During slack time, those deficits can be addressed. 

Strength Internal Fire Department communications were successful. Nextel was used as backup communication for privacy of command staff conversations. Primary fire department communications occurred via E-Tower which was restricted to GVW Fire Department use. Dispatcher initiated all-call page for other county fire departments to be on standby. State of South Carolina provided additional communications capabilities through 800 MHz radio. Faxes, phones, etc. available on Haz-Mat units was a key factor in good communications. Twice a day briefings with written objectives were conducted at UCP (Unified CP) status of previously established objectives were updated at each briefing. 

Strength The Incident Command System and key positions were implemented early in response. Routine briefings were conducted for participating agencies. When Sheriff left the CP, command was transformed to other ACSO staff. 

Improvement Item Credibility of EOC hampered by lack of a dedicated, adequate facility. Lack of coordination between EOC and CP affected logistics, food deliveries, housing, etc. CP was duplicating effort, and information was not being shared effectively. Formal status briefings need to be conducted for EOC staff on a regular basis. 

Hold a briefing for entry personnel and support crew. Ensure that all staff on scene understand emergency signals, preplanned escape routes, locations of Hot/Warm/ Cold zones, operational hazards at this site, the evacuation system, the buddy system, the need for appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) the potential need to decontaminate rescuers and their equipment, and contaminated persons location of rehabilitation area, possible air space closure over incident site, etc. 

Effective communication is a key element of emergency response, and a media or communications plan is essential to good communications. Be prepared by organizing basic facts about the crisis and your chemical system. Develop key messages to use with the media that are clear, brief, and accurate. Make sure your messages are carefully planned and have been coordinated with local and state officials. Considerations should be given to establishing protocols for both field and office staff to respectfully defer questions to the proper spokesperson. 

Receive briefings from the PMACWA technical staff concerning the EDS II testing plan and the Blue Grass demilitarization program status. Develop concept draft for the Pueblo letter report. Continue development of the EDS II first full message draft. Conduct a bias discussion update. 

An active program of surveillance of the quality of the immunostains produced must be defined. The primary elements of such a quality assurance (QA) program include procedures and policies for patient test management, quality control, proficiency testing, comparison of test results, relationship of clinical information to patient test results, personnel assessment, communications, complaint investigations, QA review with staff, and QA records. The documentation and review by the laboratory director of all QA procedures is imperative and cannot be overstressed. A brief explanation of each of the QA elements is as follows ... 

Example President Kennedy was well aware of the security risks that his trip to Dallas posed for both himself and his staff However, in a briefing to his cabinet on the day before he left he said, I thank you all for the detailed information you have provided for me, and I am grateful for the work that you have all undertaken in keeping me up to date about current security concerns. However, after evaluating all the facts at hand and openly acknowledging the risks involved in such a campaign trip at this moment, I have decided to go to Dallas. Ultimately, it is in the best interests of the American people if I go. ... 

Provision of adequate competent medical staff is essential for the safe and ethical conduct of studies in humans. Decisions about whether a volunteer fulfils the entry criteria for a healthy subject or should be withdrawn from a study, how to respond to an unexpected adverse event and when to discontinue a study can prove challenging to the most experienced physician. Similarly, research nurses need many organisational and other skills over and above those that they acquired during their basic clinical training. Scientific staff must be competent in the techniques that will provide the essential data. All must be properly briefed about what will be required of them during the course of a study, and must be fully familiar with local standard operating procedures (SOPs) in compliance with good clinical practice (GCP). 

There are two basic ways to look for explosive material. They differ in their point of focus. Some sensors seek the mass of explosive material within a device. These are particularly useful when the device is well sealed and its surface is well cleaned of stray explosive molecules, or when the explosive being used is nonaromatic, that is, it does not readily release molecules from its bulk. We will refer to these as bulk sensors. They include X-ray techniques, both transmission and backscatter neutron activation in several techniques y -ray excitation, in either transmission or backscatter modes and nuclear resonance techniques, either nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) or nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR). Bruschini [1] has described these thoroughly. They are also described by the staff of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory [2], The following forms a very brief synopsis. 

Preparation In preparing for an audit, all data and documentation for the study are assembled for the inspectors to view (Figure 8.3). The study director, or other designated technical contact, should review the files and prepare to answer any questions. The master schedule and all files assembled by the quality assurance unit should be reviewed. An agenda, a work space, and a test facility floor plan should be prepared for the inspectors. The staff should be fully briefed and prepared for the visit. 

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