Colchester East Hants Health Centre operating rooms returning to service

All four operating rooms at the Colchester East Hants Health Centre will be back in service Wednesday morning following a malfunction with the ventilation system.

The issue has been traced back to an issue with the ventilation system that pumps humidified air (sterile steam) into the operating rooms. The malfunction led to a higher concentration of steam entering the vents, which condensed into water, pooled in the ducts and leaked into rooms in the area.

“Prior to moving in our staff spent several months testing and becoming familiar with our new building systems and it is discouraging to have issues like this one arise,” said Peter MacKinnon, CEO of the Colchester East Hants Health Authority, in a news release. “This was not something we expected or could have planned for, but we are grateful to our team members and partners who responded so quickly and worked so hard to restore our surgical program.”

Since the problem was discovered staff has been working with vendors and contractors to dry out the areas, replace damaged ceiling tiles and insulation and test the various systems.

As of Monday afternoon two of the four operating rooms at the facility were back in service. Late Tuesday afternoon, following a complete assessment, staff determined that surgeries could safely resume in the remaining two operating rooms and environmental services staff began the extensive cleaning required to prepare the rooms for surgery.

Staff is continuing to work with vendors and consultants to pinpoint the cause of the malfunction and the system will remain on by-pass until the coming weekend when crews will continue their investigation into the source.Elpas Readers detect and forward 'Location' and 'State' data from Elpas Active RFID Tags to host parkingguidance platforms.

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