Safety Reports: TACOMA GENERAL HOSPITAL, 315 Martin Luther King Way, TACOMA, WA, 98405, USA
Latest report:
1 )Tacoma General has failed to provide timely COVID -19 testing to both patients and employees, leading to an outbreak in the ICU/ACC 2) Tacoma General has failed to notify nurses of exposures to COVID-19 positive patients and employees. 3) Tacoma General nurses have reported that nurses…
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Complaint #1 Received 9/28/2020- Reported by UFCW #21 The employer is requiring Patient Registration workers to spend more than 15 minutes alongside patients in Emergency Department rooms without proper PPE needed for potential respiratory hazards. Other workers in the emergency room are provided N-95 respirators upon entrance…
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There are insufficient N95s and nurses are required to re-use their masks, leaving isolation rooms wearing contaminated PPE, hanging it for re-use, then donning dirty PPE to re-enter patient room.
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2020-03-11
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2020-03-11
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