Show simple item record

dc.contributor.advisor Siriwardana CS A
dc.contributor.author Kularatne WDM
dc.date.accessioned 2020
dc.date.available 2020
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.citation Kularatne, W.D.M. (2020). Evaluation of risk management frameworks for hospitals [Master's theses, University of Moratuwa]. Institutional Repository University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/18859
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/18859
dc.description.abstract Unlike disasters that arise from natural hazards, fire disasters can occur at any moment, in any place, if the proper precautions are not taken. The spreading of fire can more often cause disastrous results, such as loss of property, injuries, and death. Hospitals especially have a vulnerability to fire, considering the flammable materials present in the buildings such as medical gas, generator fuel, laboratory materials, high fire risk areas such as kitchens and generator room, a high waste generation which occurs in hospitals as well as the vulnerable people in the hospital such as patients with mobility issues. Therefore, fire risk management is essential for hospitals. This research study focused on developing a risk management framework for hospitals focusing on fire hazards. The framework consists of two sections; a risk assessment tool that can be used to assess the fire risk performance of hospitals and a post-disaster activity list for hospitals after a fire hazard. The framework consists of three modules: design and construction, operation and maintenance, and fire hazard management. This framework can be used by hospital administrators to evaluate the current level of fire safety of the hospital. Thereby, the administration can analyze the weaknesses and take action to correct them. The post-disaster activity list contains actions related to the elements of people, buildings and critical infrastructure, hospital equipment, and material and post-disaster administrative work. During the development and analyzing the applicability of the risk management framework, six governmental and 3 private-owned hospitals were assessed. The data collected revealed some key differences between the two types of hospitals. The private-owned hospitals showed a better level of preparedness for hospital fires as they had fire extinguishers and other fire protection systems which were updated regularly, had annual maintenance and testing of fire protection systems and annual fire training and fire drills for staff. In almost all of the surveyed government hospitals, these elements of preparedness were missing. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject SAFE HOSPITAL en_US
dc.subject FIRE SAFETY en_US
dc.subject RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK en_US
dc.subject RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL en_US
dc.subject POST-DISASTER MANAGEMENT en_US
dc.subject DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT en_US
dc.subject DISASTER RISK – Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject CIVIL ENGINEERING - Dissertation en_US
dc.title Evaluation of risk management frameworks for hospitals en_US
dc.type Thesis-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.degree MSc in Civil Engineering - By Research en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Civil Engineering en_US
dc.date.accept 2020
dc.identifier.accno TH4741 en_US


Files in this item

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record