Table 2.

Numbers and percentages of 15 criteria in 23 CHCs’ emergency operations plans at three intervals: initial contact, at time of exercise, and 3 months after exercise

Emergency plan criteria	Initial contact N = 23		At time of exercise N = 23		Three months after exercise N = 23		P
	N	(%)	N	(%)	N	(%)
Incident command system or HICS org chart	13	56	17	74	18	78	.238
Job actions sheets for critical roles	7	30	11	48	13	56	.194
Hazard and vulnerability assessment	5	22	7	30	17	74	.001
Risk assessment	5	22	9	39	17	74	.001
Triggers for emergency operations plan	6	26	8	35	17	74	.002
Internal communications process	16	70	16	70	21	91	.131
External communications process	10	43	12	52	21	91	.002
Closure procedures and situations which would trigger closure	9	39	13	56	19	83	.010
Process to communicate with outside stakeholders	8	35	10	43	18	78	.008
Guidelines for shelter in place and triggers to use	6	26	6	26	13	56	.046
Evacuation plan	22	96	22	96	23	100	.598
Emergency operations center forms	5	22	6	26	12	52	.061
Emergency operations center procedures	5	22	7	30	15	65	.006
Emergency procedures	9	39	9	39	19	83	.003
Pandemic flu annex*	3	13	5	22	11	48	.023
Total possible criteria (N = 345)	129	37	158	46	254	74

*An addition to the emergency plan with specific plans for staff protection, vaccination, antivirals or others