Under a contract with the NTEU union, it added, every post of duty with more than 100 employees is to provide for immediate access to AEDs as well as personnel trained to operate them. Image: Eric Glenn/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffIn an audit whose findings might spur other agencies to check their onsite automated external defibrillators, the inspector general has found that many AED devices at IRS facilities had expired components, were not easily locatable, or were not working.
Under a contract with the NTEU union, it added, every post of duty with more than 100 employees is to provide for immediate access to AEDs as well as personnel trained to operate them.
In unannounced inspections of 418 such devices at 62 posts of duty (PODs), auditors found that 114 did not have proper signage for being quickly located during a cardiac emergency for an employee or visitor; 52 had expired pad packs, which attach to the victim and include batteries that fuel the electric shock; 29 had missing spare pad packs; nine were not properly stored to remain secure is and easily accessible; and three were not operational.
“Additionally, we identified that monthly AED maintenance inspections were not always completed. Finally, our analysis of IRS records identified IRS PODs that had more than 100 employees but did not have an AED program as required,” the report said.
Management agreed with recommendations to complete the monthly inspections, replace or repair equipment as needed, and make sure the AEDs are properly stored with proper signage.
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