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TASK 1A. RISK REGISTER OF TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEXAS Risk | Description | Owner | Source | Likelihood of Occurrence* | Severity of Impact* | Controllability* | Typhoon*global risk | Typhoon strikes Japanese supplier of latex gloves. The hospital gets ¾ of its latex gloves from this Japanese company because of cost efficiency. The typhoon floods Japanese supplier thus halting production of gloves which can cause hospital to run low on latex gloves | Japanese supplier’s CEO | Natural Disaster | Low to medium; will most likely occur during typhoon season; on average typhoons, historically, in Japan are not severe enough to cause this type of delay because supplier is located far enough inland | Low to medium; will depend on the size of the typhoon as well as direct or indirect impact | Low; hospital has low control over this situation because it is a natural disaster; hospital can suggest ideas to supplier to help prevent a total shut down due to typhoon | Patient Slip/Falls | Patients slip and fall while in the care of the hospital staff | Chief Medical Officer of hospital | Hospital nurses and patient technicians | Medium as patient needs to get up for bathroom or required exercise | High; if there is a slip/fall in the hospital, there is potential for injuries and legal ramifications | High; written policy in place to handle patients and their needs as well as staff training on patient safety | Infection control/employees | Flu and other infectious diseases spreading among employees of hospital | Chief Medical Officer of Hospital | All Hospital staff that may be sick and spreading germs that can cause others to become sick | Medium as illness is easily spread among people working in close quarters | High; many infectious diseases are airborne and germs are passed from touching infected