Which of the Following Occurrences May Not Qualify as a Disaster

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following occurrences may not qualify as a disaster?

• A)A virus infects a walk-in clinic's electronic medical record (EMR) system and randomly deletes data on Friday afternoon.The IT staff is on vacation.
• B)The rheumatology department of a multi-specialty clinic is without analog telephone access for two hours (computer network connections remain intact).
• C)The health department is wiped out after a fire.
• D)A hospital is without electrical power for 48 hours due to a hurricane and flooding.

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