Memphis VA cited after body tissue found in drain

An engineer pipe-fitter was exposed to body tissue while unclogging a drain


Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the Memphis VA Medical Center after the discovery of human body tissue in a drain, according to an article on the Becker's Hospital Review website.

An engineer pipe-fitter was exposed to body tissue in March while unclogging a drain at the facility. 

The sink, in a housekeeping closet of the third-floor surgical unit, was full of brown water. As the pipe-fitter cleared the drain, body tissue floated to the top. 

He collected the tissue in a bucket and placed it outside of a building on the hospital's campus without a biohazard label.

Read the article.

 

 



June 10, 2016


Topic Area: Safety


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