A Kaiser employee at Zion Medical Center has sent a letter to the hospital asking for all surgeries to stop because she says the surgical tools don't meet their sterilization standards.
The allegation comes after Kaiser Zion acknowledged they had an issue with their hot water lines at the facility. ABC 10News has been reporting on the impact of the issue and Kaiser says the water lines were fixed two weeks ago.
"I don’t want to use these instruments on my patients we need to stop operating." Elizabeth Haynes is a surgical tech at Kaiser Zion Medical Center. For days, she says she and her co-workers have found issues with surgical equipment. She showed 10News pictures taken by her co-workers of the equipment in question. Their reports of contaminated equipment come weeks after Kaiser confirmed an issue with the hot water lines at the Zion facility. Kaiser said those issues have since been fixed. Haynes still has concerns.She drafted a letter, asking for surgeries to stop until the issues are addressed. Haynes said roughly 75 of her co-workers co-signed.
In a lengthy statement, Kaiser said in part there is no issue with the hot water line at Zion Medical Center, saying the water line was cleaned, inspected, and restored to full operation on Sunday, May 21, finding no contamination.
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