cms_WV: 11040
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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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11040 | FAYETTE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC | 515153 | 100 HRESAN BOULEVARD | FAYETTEVILLE | WV | 25840 | 2009-05-22 | 441 | D | 0 | 1 | ETK911 | Based on random observation and review of facility policy, the facility failed to assure nurses administered eye drops in a manner to prevent the potential spread of infection for two (2) of two (2) eye drop administrations observed. Resident identifiers: #55 and #50. Facility census: 55. Findings include: a) Resident #55 During observations of the medication administration pass on 05/21/09 at 9:10 a.m., the nurse (Employee #52) administered eye drops to Resident #55. The nurse did not wash or sanitize her hands. She removed gloves from a box in the room, wadded them up in her hands, carried the resident's oral medications and bottle of eye drops into the resident's room, then removed another pair of gloves from the box in the room and placed them into her uniform pocket. The nurse administered the resident's oral medications. She then removed a pair of gloves from her uniform pocket, donned the contaminated gloves, and administered one (1) drop of medication into each of the resident's eyes. The director of nursing (DON) provided the facility's policy on the instillation of eye drops at 10:30 a.m. on 05/20/09. Review of the policy section entitled "Infection Control Protocol and Safety" (revised August 2002) found the following instructions: "1. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water at the following intervals: a. before the procedure; ... ." b) Resident #50 On 05/21/09 at 9:15 a.m., the nurse (Employee #30) administered eye drops to each of Resident #50's eyes. During this administration, the nurse allowed the tip of the eye drop bottle to come into contact with the lashes of the resident's left eye. . | 2014-09-01 |