Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 105062.015 - Employee is exposed to Shigella and is hospitalized for four

Accident Summary Nr: 105062.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 03/21/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1310463.015	04/24/2018		622110	Sharp Health Care

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on March 21, 2018, an employee was working in the Microbiology Lab at the respiratory bench on two patient specimens where shigella flexneri was isolated. The employee was regularly engaged in reading cultures for blood, urine, respiratory and wounds. He was doing routine testing on some stool samples. The employee may have been exposed to the shigella flexneri probably from a microscope splash while doing bench work with agar plates. The employee went to hospital and was hospitalized for colitis.

Keywords: Infectious Disease

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1310463.015	64	F	Hospitalized injury		Clinical Laboratory technologists and technicians

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