cms_WV: 10331
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| rowid | facility_name | facility_id | address | city | state | zip | inspection_date | deficiency_tag | scope_severity | complaint | standard | eventid | inspection_text | filedate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10331 | CEDAR RIDGE CENTER | 515087 | 302 CEDAR RIDGE ROAD | SISSONVILLE | WV | 25320 | 2011-01-13 | 441 | E | 0 | 1 | I28Y11 | . Based on observations and review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, the facility failed to establish and maintain an infection control program designed to provide a prevent the transmission of disease and infection. Facility staff did not practice handwashing in accordance with standards of practice. Two (2) dietary staff members were observed to handle paper towels after they used them to turn off the faucet. A nursing assistant was observed to remove her gloves after providing care to a resident, then she provided assistance to another resident. She did not wash her hands after removing her gloves and before assisting the second resident. Additionally, a resident was observed maneuvering her wheelchair in the hallway with the tubing of her indwelling catheter dragging the floor. These practices had the potential to cause more than minimal harm to more than a limited number of residents. Resident identifiers: #1 and her roommate, and #16. Facility census: 113. Findings include: a) Hand Hygiene 1. On 01/04/11, as the food service supervisor (Employee #12) was preparing to serve lunch in the Cafe, he was observed to wash his hands. He performed the procedure in an acceptable manner until he turned the water off with paper towels, then continued to handle the paper towels with both hands. - 2. On 01/11/11 at 2:20 p.m., Employee #66, a nursing assistant, was observed rendering care to Resident #1. After providing mouth care to the resident, the employee removed her gloves and went into the resident's bathroom. Resident #1's roommate called for assistance in getting dressed, and nursing assistant went to help her. The employee did not wash her hands after removing her gloves and before going to assist the roommate. - 3. On 01/12/11, during lunch preparation in the kitchen, a dietary staff member (Employee #20) completed the handwashing procedure properly, but she, too, handled the paper towels with both hands after having turned off the water. - 4. According to CDC's "Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings" (dated 10/25/02): "Indications for handwashing and hand antisepsis: "... I. Decontaminate hands after contact with inanimate objects ... "J. Decontaminate hands after removing gloves ..." Employees #12 and #20 recontaminated their hands after having performed acceptable hand hygiene, by wiping their hands with the paper towels they used to turn off the contaminated surfaces of the water faucets at the hand sinks. Employee #66 failed to wash her hands after removing her gloves and before caring for Resident #1's roommate. -- b) Resident #16 On 01/13/11, the resident was observed going through the hall in her wheelchair for lunch in the dining room. Her Foley urinary catheter tubing was dragging the floor near her feet and also near the left wheel of the chair. Review of the resident's medical record, on 01/13/11 at approximately 2:00 p.m., found the catheter had only recently been inserted. A nursing entry, on 01/11/11 at 15:47, identified the nurse had talked with the physician about the resident not being able to void on her own for the last five (5) days. The physician had ordered the catheter and an appointment with a urologist. . | 2015-05-01 |