cms_GA: 3527
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3527 | REHABILITATION CENTER OF SOUTH GEORGIA | 115676 | 2002 TIFT AVENUE NORTH | TIFTON | GA | 31794 | 2020-01-24 | 880 | F | 0 | 1 | N4IC11 | **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, review of policy, and staff interview, the facility failed to transport clothing from the laundry room in a sanitary manner with the potential to affect 99 of 133 residents whose laundry was cleaned by the facility and the failed to store personal items in a sanitary manner for three of 74 resident bathrooms in the facility. Findings include: 1. Review of the policy titled, Laundry and linen reveals that the purpose of this policy is to provide a process for the safe and aseptic handling, washing, and storage of linen. Under subsection, washing linen and other soiled items, item 7: Clean linen will remain hygienically clean (free of pathogens in sufficient numbers to cause human illness) through measures designed to protect it from environmental contamination, such as covering clean linen carts. An interview and tour of the laundry room on 1/24/20 at 11:04 p.m. with the Head of Housekeeping revealed that clean hanging clothes were covered while being transported down the hall. The observation revealed shelves with plastic containers that had resident names on them, and they were observed to contain small items such as socks, slippers and folded gowns. The observation also revealed that the plastic containers did not have lids. The interview with the Head of Housekeeping revealed that the purpose of covering clothing/laundry items was to prevent cross-contamination. During the interview the Head of Housekeeping revealed that these plastic containers were used to transport these small items down the halls to resident rooms. He confirmed that the plastic containers with clothing items in them were transported down the hall uncovered. He verified that the containers did not have lids and were not covered with a sheet or any other means of covering them. An interview on 1/24/20 at 2:55 p.m. with the Director of Nursing (DON) confirmed that all clean clothing items should be covered while being transported. 2. Observations on 1/22/20 at 9:57 a.m. in the shared bathroom for rooms 512/514 there was a urinal and gray bucket that was not labeled or bagged. The gray bucket was sitting on the floor by the toilet. Observation on 1/22/20 at 2:17 p.m. and on 1/23/20 at 9:16 a.m. in the shared bathroom for rooms 501/502 revealed there was a urinal that was not labeled or bagged sitting in the window. During an interview with the Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) on 1/24/20 at 2:21 p.m. it was reported that urinals should be labeled and stored in a bag off the floor. ADON further explained that if a resident wanted a urinal at the bedside it should be bagged. During a facility tour on 1/24/20 from 2:24 p.m. until 2:33 p.m. with the ADON the following was confirmed: 1. In the shared bathroom for 512/514 there was a gray bucket on the floor that was not labeled or bagged. 2. In the shared bathroom for 501/502 there was a urinal in the window not bagged or labeled. 3. In the shared bathroom for room [ROOM NUMBER]/407 there was a urinal in the window that was not labeled or bagged. | 2020-09-01 |