OSHA Inspection: ASEM CENTRO DE TRAUMAS

Issued

Mar 5, 2003

Abate by

Mar 10, 2003

General-duty citation text

Section 6(a) of the Puerto Rico Occupational Safety and Health Act:  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 physical harm to employees in
that employees were
exposed to:
Seccion 6(a) de la Ley de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo de Puerto Rico:
El patrono no
proveyo empleo y un sitio de empleo libre de riesgos reconocidos que esten
causando o que
puedan causar muerte o dano fisico a los empleados, por cuanto empleados
estaban expuestos
a:
At "ASEM-Centro de Traumas", isolation rooms, employees performed nurse
works
(pressure capture, administer medicament). Employer did not perform
periodic
monitorings to make sure that the negative pressure recommended as
engineering control
by the CDC- Center of Disease Control, were are patients with contagious
illnesses like
tuberculosis.
Hazard: Spreading to other areas of aereal particles that contains the
tuberculosis.
bacillus.
Among other abatement methods, various acceptable and feasible abatement
methods to
correct this hazard are:
a-To perform periodically tests with smoke tubes.
b-To install monitors for the air pressure in the isolated rooms.
En ASEM-Centro de Traumas, cuartos de aislamiento, empleados realizaron
trabajos de
enfermeria (toma de presion, administrar medicamentos).  Patrono no
realizo monitoreos
periodicos para asegurarse que tuvieran la presion negativa recomendada
como control
de ingenieria el "CDC-Center of Disease Control", en donde habia pacientes
con
enfermedades contagiosas como tuberculosis.
Riesgo: Dispersion de particulas aereas que contengan el bacilo de la
tuberculosis a otras
areas.
Entre otros metodos de correccion, varios metodos de correccion aceptables
y posibles
para corregir este riesgo son:
a-Realizar pruebas con tubos de humo periodicamente.
b-Instalar monitores para la presion del aire en los cuartos de
aislamiento.te.