Failure to Offer Pneumonia Vaccination per Policy
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to offer a current pneumonia vaccination to a seventy-seven-year-old male resident who had previously refused the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) and the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in 2021. During an interview, the Infection Control Preventionist confirmed that the facility follows CDC guidelines and currently offers the PCV20 vaccine, which should be offered upon admission and when residents are eligible. However, there was no documentation that the resident had been offered the current pneumonia vaccine, and the Infection Control Preventionist had not discussed vaccination with the resident prior to the interview. The facility's policy requires offering pneumococcal vaccines in accordance with CDC recommendations, but this was not documented for the resident in question.