What does hva stand for

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Zira US English. Oliver British. An HVA provides the hospital with a basis for determining the most likely standards and potential demands on emergency services and other resources that could occur during a crisis so that effective preventive measures can be taken and a coordinated disaster response plan can be developed. Hospitals should develop specific mitigation and event specific response plans for the top 3 to 5 hazards they have identified, and should emphasize training and exercises around responding to those hazards.

While there are a number of ways to conduct an HVA, Kaiser Permanente has developed a widely used tool that can help identify and assess the most common hazards. The Kaiser model is available here.