Showing posts with label liability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liability. Show all posts

Monday, February 3, 2014

What good will come of all this?

Today has been a very depressing day for me. I won't say how much, but I was really down this afternoon. I guess force of habit causes me to try to find a silver lining to this cloud of what could be considered gloom.  So I ask myself, what good might come from all of this? Does God have plans for a higher good to come of this?
  • I now have a knowledge of the disease I didn't have before.
  • Perhaps DOC might actually train their staff and/or write policy dealing with airborne pathogens, treating them with the same precautions as liquid contaminants.
  • Perhaps I'll have an opportunity to be a trainer for DOC in this area.
  • Perhaps I'll get some sort of pay raise or financial compensation because of it all, as this will affect the rest of my life and career.
  • Perhaps this could open up a new ministry for me.
  • Perhaps somewhere in the world someone could use this new insight I've gained, and I can be of some good elsewhere.
Am I being overly dramatic?

Sunday, February 2, 2014

What's really bugging me...

What is really bothering me about this whole event is:

  • At work we have to follow policy and procedure on everything, and there is one on handling blood-borne pathogens.  I've never seen or heard of one on airborne contaminants.  Since prison is one of the most common locations for TB exposure, why not?
  • We check and report multiple times per shift on mechanical rooms and tool inventories.  Who is accountable for making sure the negative rooms are functioning properly?
  • As soon as I was found to be a positive carrier for TB, they gave me a mask and told me to go get a chest x-ray.  Why didn't they have concern for my family or others who I was in contact with?
  • When did the negative pressure rooms actually fail?  How long were workers and staff exposed?
  • The night they sent me home, they provided face masks to all the staff for protection.  Why not the inmate workers in the Palliative Care Unit?
  • Is the Department of Corrections prepared for this disease I now have, I have for life?  My Maximum Medical Improvement date is now Nov. 1, 2014.  Is that a realistic date, or will these latent granulomas be part of me forever?