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Based on observation, and interview, the hospital staff failed to ensure the hospital was maintained to ensure an acceptable level of safety for patients, staff and visitors, by having a water leak at the ceiling of a nurses' station.

The deficiency had the potential for the water with contaminants within it, from running through the area between the roof and the 6th floor ceiling, to act as a conductor of electricity, and the electrical wires and/or box touched by the water from the leak had the potential for electrical short, arcs and other failures.

Findings:

On 6/4/15 at 11:19 a.m., at the 6th floor nurses' station there was water leaking from above the drop down suspended ceiling into a receptacle below. Closer observation revealed the water was dripping from an electrical box containing wires that was connected to an electrical conduit.

During an interview at the same time as the observation, the VP of Corporate Facilities Operations stated that the leak originated at the roof from a steam line for a boiler, and that it would be repaired in the afternoon.

During another interview also at the same time as the observation, the Director of Facilities stated that the leak was discovered that morning.