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B737-800 captain reported flight attendant notification of passenger illness due to staph infection. Flight crew requested biohazard assistance on arrival.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1644704 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201904 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
As far as I know; there were no flight deck crew deviations from policy; procedure; or far. Enroute; the #1 flight attendant advised me that passenger was ill. He did not look well. He had an open wound on his leg that was dripping puss and pooling on the carpet below. She said passenger claimed to have just been treated for mrsa [staphylococcus infection] and cleared. An on board nurse offered the opinion he had active mrsa. Using ACARS free text; dispatch was notified of the ill passenger; puss pool; possible mrsa; and of the biohazard situation. [Advised ATC] declared for traffic priority. Paramedics took passenger off the aircraft on an isle chair. I made an aml entry containing the following information. Passenger had an open leg wound which was dripping pus and pooling on the carpet below. Passenger claims to have been recently treated for mrsa and cleared. This is a biohazard situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-800 Captain reported Flight Attendant notification of passenger illness due to Staph infection. Flight crew requested Biohazard assistance on arrival.
Narrative: As far as I know; there were no flight deck crew deviations from policy; procedure; or FAR. Enroute; the #1 Flight Attendant advised me that passenger was ill. He did not look well. He had an open wound on his leg that was dripping puss and pooling on the carpet below. She said passenger claimed to have just been treated for MRSA [Staphylococcus Infection] and cleared. An on board nurse offered the opinion he had active MRSA. Using ACARS free text; Dispatch was notified of the ill passenger; puss pool; possible MRSA; and of the Biohazard situation. [Advised ATC] declared for traffic priority. Paramedics took passenger off the aircraft on an isle chair. I made an AML entry containing the following information. Passenger had an open leg wound which was dripping pus and pooling on the carpet below. Passenger claims to have been recently treated for MRSA and cleared. This is a Biohazard situation.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.