Food-additive powder shuts down hospital emergency room in Memphis
Hospital Safety Insider, April 17, 2014
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A FedEx employee exposed to a white powder on the job prompted the shutdown and decontamination of the emergency room at Methodist University Hospital Sunday night in Memphis, according to The Commercial Appeal.
According to the paper’s report, the 42-year-old woman was exposed to the powderduring her shift. Afterwards, she went home and showered, but drove herself to the emergency room at around 6:45 p.m. after she started experiencing breathing problems and vomiting.
Hospital authorities alerted the fire department and activated decontamination procedures, which placed the building in lockdown until about 10 p.m., when tests confirmed the substance was a harmless food additive, the paper reported.
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