Failure to Screen, Educate, and Offer COVID-19 Vaccine to New Admissions
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to screen, educate, or offer the COVID-19 vaccine or booster to three residents upon admission, as required by facility policy. For each of these residents, there was no documentation in their medical records indicating that they had been screened for COVID-19 vaccination status, provided with education about the vaccine, or offered the vaccine or booster. Additionally, there was no record of these residents receiving the vaccine while in the facility. During an interview, the Infection Preventionist confirmed that there was no documentation to support that these residents had been screened, educated, or offered the COVID-19 vaccine or booster. Facility policy required that all residents be screened and offered the vaccine upon admission, and that documentation of education, administration, or refusal be maintained in the medical record. This process was not followed for the three residents identified in the report.