Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1500637.015 - Ryan Health Center, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Providence Area Office

Investigation Summary

Two employees were working at a general medical or surgical hospital. Employee #1 worked in an office that she shared with one other person. She performed bookkeeping and administrative work. There was regular testing for COVID-19. The person she shared her office with tested positive for COVID-19. At the next week's testing, Employee #1 tested positive for COVID-19. Then the administrator who worked along with them tested positive for COVID-19. Employee #1 was quarantining, when she awoke one morning and could not breathe well. She was transported to the hospital, where she was placed on a ventilator. She died without coming off the ventilator. She died of cardiovascular and respiratory system failure brought on by COVID-19. Her death certificate gave the cause of death as due to or as a consequence of acute respiratory distress syndrome, COVID-19, and pneumonia. The narrative mentioned a second employee. Employee #2 worked in the laundry and dry cleaning part of the facility. She operated the laundry and dry cleaning machines. She was hospitalized for cardiovascular and respiratory system failure. She did not die of those. She might have been one of Employee #1's coworkers mentioned earlier.

Keywords: Infectious Disease