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General Science / Re: autoclave death
« on: 05/01/2005 15:24:44 »
Hi,
I am new to the group. I am a critical care nurse working in Saint Paul, Minnesota. I am not sure how this discussion got started however, in November of this past year (2004) at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul a woman in her 40s was killed when the door to a walk in autoclave at the hospital closed on her. Apparently, they are designed to start operating the second the doors close. The policy at the hospital is that no one is to enter the autoclave without the presence of a buddy. Unfortunately, on that particular day she did not have one and she became entrapped in the autoclave. She apparently was only in there for seconds before someone hit the door release which is the kill switch after they heard her screaming. She unfortunately only lived through the night. I am sure if you did a google search you can find the article as it was in all the papers here.
Cynthia A Stavish
I am new to the group. I am a critical care nurse working in Saint Paul, Minnesota. I am not sure how this discussion got started however, in November of this past year (2004) at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul a woman in her 40s was killed when the door to a walk in autoclave at the hospital closed on her. Apparently, they are designed to start operating the second the doors close. The policy at the hospital is that no one is to enter the autoclave without the presence of a buddy. Unfortunately, on that particular day she did not have one and she became entrapped in the autoclave. She apparently was only in there for seconds before someone hit the door release which is the kill switch after they heard her screaming. She unfortunately only lived through the night. I am sure if you did a google search you can find the article as it was in all the papers here.
Cynthia A Stavish