Sewage spill damages patient records, floods Australian hospital ER

Sewage spilled when a drain was blocked at the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital in South Australia


Sewage spilled when a drain was blocked at the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital in South Australia, damaging patient records and flooding the emergency department, according to an article on the ABC News website.

No patients were exposed to danger when a blocked drain caused a spill into a waiting room, a short stay ward and a medical records office.

A staff member got gray water in their eye while dealing with the problem but hospital staff said all the affected areas were evacuated or cordoned off, the article said.

"We brought our infection control people down there, we brought in a specialist company to clean up. Essentially the only area where you can get into trouble is if you get gray water ... in your mouth or on your body," a hospital official said.

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March 5, 2015


Topic Area: Maintenance and Operations


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