1300 North Vermont Avenue,
Los Angeles,
90027
California,
United States
On March 23, 2020 PII worked in the tele unit of her hospital. PII had a patient that was suspected to have the coronavirus and was swabbed on March 24th. The patient was transferred to the COVID unit sometime between March 24th and March 27th. On March 27th the patient's test results came back positive. As f March 28th, PII had not been notified by management that the patient had tested positive for COVID and that PII had been exposed while caring for the patient on March 23rd. The Tele nit had n PP equipment readily available even though there could have been suspicion of any patient being infected at any given time on this unit. On March 28th during PII's shift on the hospital's designated COVID unit, PII once again had the same patient and realized it was a patient PII had on March 23rd. PII, neurologist was in the unit and while talking to PII stated that "on March 27th the infection control notified him of possible exposure by the same patient." PII sent a message to PII's Director and Clinical Coordinator notifying them that PII cared for this same patient on March 23rd in the Tele unit and that no one had notified PII that the patient was positive and that PII could be infected. PII working on March 27, 28 and 29. On March 30th PII received a call from Human Resources notifying PII that PII could have been exposed and ask a series of questions such as what was PII wearing and what kind of contact PII had with the patient during PII's shift. The HR person asked PII if she had any symptoms and PII stated PI had a headache for several days. The HR person then told PII would get back to PII. HR then called PII back and told PII that PII would need to be quarantined for 14 days however since a week had passed since PII was exposed, she told PII to go back to work later than week. PII stated that based on her calculations PII would need to be quarantined until at least April 6th and would be able to return on April 7th to work. HR agreed. They never offered for PII to be tested. T8CCR§5199 - On March 23, 2020 a nurse worked with a patient that was positive for COVID-19 in the 6th floor Tele Unit. Management did not properly notify the nurse that the nurse was potentially exposed and could have been infected. Management did not recommend proper quarantine and the nurse was never tested for COVID-19.
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2020-04-08
