OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Memorial Hospital For Women

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Drawing blood on newborn

What happened

Employee states that she was drawing blood on a newborn and called over her coworker to help pull the blood from the butterfly needle with a syringe. Employee states that a 3 mL luer lock syringe is normally used for this task but no luer lock syringes were available on the unit. The coworker instead used a 10 mL luer slip syringe to collect the blood. The employee and the coworker were standing next to each other around the patient 's bassinet when the coworker attached a 25 G needle to the syringe stuck the needle into the culture bottle and attempted to inject the blood from the syringe into the culture bottle. When the coworker pushed the plunger on the syringe blood squirted out forcefully into the environment. Employee states that blood got on her face shirt and jacket. Employee states blood did not go in her eyes or nose but she is uncertain whether or not blood got in her mouth.

Injury or illness

Employee states that she and a coworker were drawing a patient 's blood. When the coworker injected the blood into the culture bottle blood squirted onto this employee 's face shirt and jacket. Employee is uncertain whether or not blood got in her mouth.

Object or substance involved

Object handled by others

Summary line

Employee states that she and a coworker were drawing a patient 's blood. When the coworker injected the blood into the culture bottle blood squirted onto this employee 's face shirt and jacket. Employee is uncertain whether or not blood got in her mouth.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.