OSHA Inspection: LA GRANGE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Issued

1994-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

1994-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1875.00 · Current $925.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1):  The employer did not furnish employment and a place of
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employment which
were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause
death or serious
physical harm to employees in that employees, such as but not limited to,
nurses and other
intensive care and cardiac care employees, were exposed to the hazard of
being infected with
tuberculosis through contact with patients who were or may be infected
with tuberculosis in
that:
a.  Patients with suspected or confirmed tuberculosis were placed in rooms
designated as
AFB isolation rooms which were not provided with ventilation to assure
negative pressure
with suspect to the hallways.
b.  Patients with suspected or confirmed tuberculosis were placed in rooms
designated as
AFB isolation rooms which were not checked for negative pressure with
respect to the
hallway every day that the rooms were in use.
*  Cardiac Care and Intensive Care Units - Eight corner rooms including
E101, E107 and
E207.
Feasible and useful abatement methods for reducing these hazards, as
recommended by the
Centers for Disease Control, among others are:
1.  Placement of individuals with suspected or confirmed TB disease in AFB
isolation rooms.
AFB isolation rooms for persons with suspected or confirmed infectious TB
and areas in
which high hazard procedures are performed on such individuals must be
maintained under
negative pressure and appropriately exhausted, either directly to the
outside away from intake
vents or through properly designed, installed, and maintained HEPA filters.
2.  Rooms designated as AFB isolation rooms are to be checked for negative
pressure with
respect to the hallway every day that the rooms are in use.

Issued

1994-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

1994-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00

Issued

1994-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

1994-09-14 00:00:00