Hazmat team responded to Saskatoon City Hospital chemical spill
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The Saskatoon Fire Department received a report of a chemical leak at the Saskatoon City Hospital at 10:27 a.m. on Tuesday.
Hospital staff met with fire crews to determine the incident location. Fire crew and hospital staff found a chemical spill in a non-ventilated room. The area was isolated and people were directed to muster points by fire crews.
In the Fire Department release it said the substance was identified as a hospital-grade disinfectant called Rapicide.
“(It) was leaking from a machine. The hazmat technicians turned the machine off and cleaned up the leaked disinfectant. The room was set up for ventilation as the hazmat team moved contaminated materials into an overpack barrel and then transferred the barrel outside for further disposal,” according to the Saskatoon Fire Department.
