Safety Report: Covid-19 OSHA Complaint, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Campus, 2450 Ashby Avenue, BERKELEY, CA, 94705, USA
4 years ago • business
Regulatory Report
2450 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, 94705 California, United States
1. The employer does not ensure that patients are screened for COVID-19 before admitting the patients in the hallways for medical assessments, exposing the staff to health hazards. On 3/25/21, a psychiatric patient was admitted to a hallway for medical assessment. Three hours later, the patient's COVID-19 test results came back positive. For three hours, the patient was in the hallway, exposing staff and other patients to COVID-19. T8 CCR 3205(c)(2)(D) 2. The employer does not follow its own protocols and procedures to deep clean and sanitize patients' rooms after they get discharged during the nighttime. Every morning, the garbage and linen bins are overflowing, and patients' rooms are not clean. The employer does not have a night cleaning crew, exposing all staff and other patients to health hazards. T8 CCR 3205(c)(8)(C)Alleged Hazards: 2, Employees Exposed: 1
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2021-03-26
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