medical facility violations

[jdinstl]

Whoa!

The common fear is such a sitatuation is exposure to and transmission of the HIV retrovirus. Yet that is one of many concerns. What you describe is not only unsanitary, but possible illegal.

There are numerous diseases tracked by the CDC and health departments. If this facility is not compliant with regulations regarding biohazardous material, not only is your staff endangered, but the community as well.

I would suggest contacting the local health department or regulatory agency regarding communicable diseases. This is a dangerous situation.

John

[logan5127]

I would also suggest that everyone in the cleaning profession get the hepatitis shots. It is a three shot program and your out. Out of some of harms way that is. If you are cleaning a medical group you may get shots at discount. Also health departments offer them at a lower price. Around $50.00 a shot. Offer them to your employees as well. It is also nice when bidding on a medical facility to say we already have hepatitis shots. They know right off you are on top of the game. As far as question ; you might want to confront the big boss. If that doesn't work you may have to go higher. If you end up losing job it is better than an employee losing their life. Talk to your health dept about their suggestions on shots.

[kim]

I used to clean a few medical buildings. one was awful.Went in one night and there was gloves and tools with blood on them laying on the counter and floor. The place dint get cleaned that night. Not by us anyways. They even wanted us to bag up the red bags. Of course we did not. I think the place ended up closing down.
Never had any problems with any of the others. Unless I missed something then I heard about it. This one had to be done perfectly. Couldn't cut any corners in that place. LOL
Here are just a few things to remember when cleaning med. buildings
Do not ever touch the red bags. Bio waste.
Always wear gloves no matter how clean the place looks.
If something looks unsafe. Stay away from it. Call the person in charge or leave a note letting them know why it wasn't cleaned.
Make sure you use a good disinfectant on everything . If its a good facility they will want every nook and corner cleaned.
Always lock door after entering any type of buss. I left the door opened at a grocery store once so the floors would dry quicker. Big mistake on my part. Someone came in grabbed a bottle of whiskey and said they worked there and to put it on there tab. Then walked out.
the stories of janitorial work are coming back to me .
Oh well just a little trip down memory lane . Now I do mostly residential. Very deferent from janitorial.

[Kevin]

Kim, awful to you, that sounds just dreamy to me. You should always leave the Biohazard work upto bio-techs. As an owner of a cleaning service you can do as much biohazard work that you want, you just cant make employees do the work. If you were in this facility nightly you could make a deal with the owners to place the bags in the designated areas, and to clean up bloodspots. All depends on if you want to perform this type of work. Great advice on the doors! Robbery even murder happens because of services leaving the doors unlocked, leave the doors unlocked and there could be lots of blood to clean up the next day.

[kim]

Kevin,
At that time I was just an employee. I never thought about what you said. But it is a great idea, Offering more services. I m learning though thanks to you and everyone here.

Question, Shouldn't someone take a class or have some kind of training before cleaning up that kind of stuff?

[Kevin]

OSHA Bloodborne I & II was also looking for a refresher, I learned on my own
this one looks good $1895.00
www.amdecon.com/handsontraining.asp