I am a hospital employee and we have currently received both suspicious and covib positive patients and employees. Because of this we are afraid as the institution provides us with 2 surgical masks for the shift which are not 100% effective in hospitals, some employees pay kn95
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and n95 masks but Mrs [PII] of internal infection control does not allow us to use them since there is an internal guideline to use only those provided by the hospital. If we are provided with face shield and we are allowed to wear safety glasses, but in a unit where it is full there are 24 patients with the rooms closed by institutional regulations. These patients locked up in a TV room, who are mentally ill and most of the time do not wear masks well and the hospital provides only 1 per day and if it is ugly it changes sometimes, to top it off in that little room is that they take therapy without any social distancing, It is totally unacceptable and risky both for patients and family members as for all staff. In addition to this, the hospital is currently remodeling the area of the employee's toilets and we only have one employee who is next to the one under construction and the dust and noise is immense as well as if the higen of everyone using that bathroom is terror. We can use the ones in front but these are used by patients and the administration area is closed for use by patients. In many cases and seen the employees of this remodeling without a helmet or safety goggles and misplaced masks are several risks of exposure I ask to investigate as soon as possible.
Alleged Hazards: 1, Employees Exposed: 20
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2020-08-04
Alleged Hazards: 1, Employees Exposed: 20
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2020-08-04
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