OSHA Inspection: BIDWELL HEALTH CARE CENTER

Issued

1991-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

1992-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3250.00 · Current $1625.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which
were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause
death or serious physical harm to employees in that health care workers
who had direct contact with blood or body fluids were not adequately
protected from potential infections due to a possible immuno deficiency
from a sero conversion:
ESTABLISHMENT:  HEALTH CARE WORKERS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
HOUSEKEEPERS, MAINTENANCE, NURSES AND NURSES AIDES, WERE EXPOSED
TO THE HAZARD OF BEING INFECTED BY HBV AND/OR HIV THROUGH POSSIBLE
DIRECT CONTACT WITH BLOOD OR OTHER BODY FLUIDS.
A FEASIBLE AND USEFUL ABATEMENT METHOD FOR REDUCING THIS HAZARD,
AMONG OTHERS, IS TO PROVIDE THE HEPATITIS VACCINE AT NO CHARGE AND
IN THE AMOUNTS AND TIMES PRESCRIBED BY GOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE TO THE
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO BLOD AND/OR BODY FLUIDS.