Confidentiality

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Confidentiality
HIPPA requires confidentiality of patient medical
information
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Incident Reporting
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Cell Phones and Radios
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Elevators
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Special Coordination Requirements

• Working in an occupied space
• Communication with Department Manager
• Disruptions
• Noise
• Smell
• Dust (discussed later)
• Vibration
• All Utility Shut Downs
• Disruption Coordination

Always check with PM Department Manager before
beginning work!
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Infection ControlDuring Construction

• It is everyones responsibility to consider
  Infection Control.

• 261-4829

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Infection Control During Construction

• 2 Million Hospital acquired infection every year
• 90,000 deaths

• 5,000 deaths a year from infections spread
  through air, water, and construction related
  activities.

Infection Control during construction. (March
2004). Healthcare Hazard Management Monitor,
17(7), 1-12. www.ecri.org
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Aspergillosis

• Common mold found in soil, water, and DUST It
  clings to dust
• No problem to the person with an intact immune
  system
• A source of airborne associated infections,
  causing pneumonia.
• It does not have to be visible to be present

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Legionella

• Primary concerns stagnant water piping, soil
  excavation, contaminated cooling towers
• Elderly and immunocompromised patients at risk
• Grows in warm, stagnant water causes pneumonia

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