Lapses in infection control were found at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai hospitals by California state health inspectors, according to an article on the Los Angeles Times website.
At UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, the state declared an “immediate jeopardy” – meaning lives were at imminent risk – after finding staff using contaminated water and a tainted liquid cleaner dispenser being used to ready colonoscopes and other devices for the next patients.
At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, inspectors found a “widespread pattern of potential ineffective sterilization and storage of surgical instruments” as well as problems with the disinfection of scopes.
Both hospitals worked to fix the inspectors’ concerns, with the “immediate jeopardy” designation lifted after just three hours at UCLA and a day at Cedars. On follow-up visits, the state found the problems had not continued.
ISSA Introduces Healthcare Platform to Advance Safer, Cleaner Patient Environments
Third-Party Tracking Settlement is a Compliance Wake-Up Call for Healthcare Facilities Managers
ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital Hosts Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for New Facility
Aspire Rural Health System Reports Data Security Incident
Fatal Flaws: Strategies for Active Attackers