OSHA Injury Report: Advocate Good Shepherd

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

This RN answered a bathroom call light to find a patient having difficulty with a bowel movement. Patient had lose BM that was all over toilet floor and himself. This RN attempted to help clean patient patient kept having more bowel movements getting onto this RN. Patient later tested positive for c diff.

What happened

This RN got stool on her person as she was cleaning the patient. Patient was cleaned and assisted back to his room prior to RN being able to clean self up. RN bleach cleaned scrubs and skin. RN then called for new scrubs and changed scrubs within 15 minutes.

Injury or illness

All Other Occupational Disease Injury NOC

Object or substance involved

c diff

Summary line

This RN started having GI symptoms a day after exposure. This RN was already on antibiotics for sinus infection at time of exposure. This RN checked into ER for abdominal pain and diarrhea where she tested positive for c diff

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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