cms_WV: 9587
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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 |
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9587 | TEAYS VALLEY CENTER | 515106 | 590 NORTH POPLAR FORK ROAD | HURRICANE | WV | 25526 | 2011-07-14 | 441 | D | 0 | 1 | L3JB11 | **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, review of the facility's policy, and staff interview, the facility failed to dispose of contents of a sharps container. Additionally, the facility failed to assure a nurse implemented hand hygiene consistent with the accepted standards of practice when administering eye drops. This deficient practice has the potential to affect more than isolated number of residents. Resident identifier: #32. Facility census: 114. Findings include: a) On 07/13/11 at 1:13 p.m., during observation of the medication storage unit on Shady Garden hall, a sharps container was found to be full. Used needles and intravenous supplies were found in the sharps container. The licensed practical nurse (LPN - Employee #19) immediately emptied the sharps container. Findings for this observation was reported to the director of nursing (DON - Employee #121) at 1:30 p.m. on 07/13/11. Review of the facility's policy titled Needle Handling and Sharps Injury Prevention revealed the sharps containers are to be replaced routinely and when 3/4 full. -- b) Resident #32 Employee #114, a registered nurse (RN), was observed administering medications to Resident #32 on 07/12/11 during the morning medication pass. The nurse did not wash her hands prior to donning gloves to administer artificial tears in the resident's left eye. After donning gloves, the nurse retrieved the bottle of eye drops from the table located on the right side of the resident's bed. As she went to the left side of his bed, she had to move a wheelchair with her gloved hands. After administering the eye drop to the left eye, she removed her gloves. She donned a clean pair of gloves to administer the eye drop to the resident's right eye without washing her hands. After an appropriate interval, the nurse administered [MEDICATION NAME] eye drops to the resident's eyes. Again, handwashing was not performed immediately prior to instilling the eye drops to both eyes. Review of the facility's policy and procedure titled Medication Administration: Eye (Drops and Ointments) found the procedure instructions included positioning of the resident and to don gloves and clean the resident's eye if needed. This was followed by: 3.7 Remove gloves. Cleanse your hands. 3.8 Put on clean gloves. 4. To administer medication to both eyes, repeat procedure in other eye. | 2015-10-01 |