Safety Reports: St. Clair Hospital, 1000 Bower Hill Road, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15228, USA
Latest report:
1. Emergency Department- Patients isolated for Covid-19 or suspected Covid-19 or other communicable diseases do not have required signage and other precautions to warn staff. Staff unknowingly interact with these patients without proper PPE and other safety procedures resulting in exposures or potential exposures.
Alleged Hazards: 1,…
Alleged Hazards: 1,…
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1. Employees escorting patients whom are confirmed COVID-19 positive are not provided with N95 respirators. Escorting employees are potentially exposed to SARS-CoV-2 while they are directly behind the confirmed COVID-19 positive patient pushing them in a wheelchair or stretcher, helping the patient out or into the wheelchair…
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