Dr Christine Peters started working at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in 2014 when she saw 'greenish puddles' around sink drains like a 'building site'.
A microbiology specialist who worked at a Glasgow hospital at the centre of infection concerns has told an inquiry known problems in a children’s bone marrow transplant ward were not addressed for years because of a “lack of a joined up approach” by hospital management.
However, the infection control specialist described how she struggled with a dysfunctional management culture she said made it practically impossible to get detailed information about the design or testing of the water and air ventilation systems, or clarity about how to escalate her concerns once she had them.
She told the inquiry she tried to get technical information about the air ventilation system “to enable me to do my job” in controlling infection risks, but managers ignored her requests. She also had specific concerns about wards 4B and 2A, where very vulnerable patients were undergoing bone marrow transplants, and where air quality should have been very strictly controlled.
However, she added given what she had seen about the inadequate ventilation in the ward, “you’d say that’s not surprising”. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'.
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