Safety Report: Covid-19 OSHA Complaint, Sutter Bay Hospitals - Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, 2450 Ashby Avenue, BERKELEY, CA, 94705, USA
4 years ago • business
Regulatory Report
2450 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, 94705 California, United States
1. The employer has not implemented effective decontamination procedures for rooms occupied by COVID-19 cases. Employees are required to enter and transfer patients to rooms that have not been "terminally cleaned" due to a lack of available rooms and lack of employees capable of performing the terminal cleaning. T8 CCR 5199(e)(2) 2. The employer does not require and enforce its own policy on personal protective equipment used when entering COVID-19 case rooms. Due to the requirement to frequently enter and exit patient rooms, many employees are not donning surgical gowns, gloves, or face shields when entering these rooms. T8 CCR 5199(e)(1) 3. The employer has not implemented an effective program for maintaining and changing out filters for portable HEPA air scrubbers. There is no schedule for replacement of the filters, and nurses, technicians, and doctors are not trained on how to evaluate these systems to determine when they need service. T8 CCR (e)(2)(D)(5)Alleged Hazards: 3, Employees Exposed: 15
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2020-12-28
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