Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170785737 - Employee dies ten years after exposure to AIDS virus

Accident Summary Nr: 170785737 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 11/10/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125867002	03/12/1998	9431	0	Stanislaus County Health Department

Abstract: Employee #1, a Stanislaus County lab technician, was working at a local government hospital in 1987. She was drawing blood from a patient when the patient's blood spilled on Employee #1's hand, which had an open, 2 in. long laceration. Employee #1 later developed acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), from which she died on November 10, 1997.

Keywords: PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, PPE, WORK RULES, LACERATION, INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125867002			Fatality	Other	Clinical Laboratory technologists and technicians

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