Failure to Maintain Safe and Sanitary Resident Equipment
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to maintain resident equipment in a safe and sanitary manner in one of the resident rooms. During observation, the baseboards in the room were found to be damaged, cracked, and held together with blue painter's tape, while the bed frame of one resident was extensively rusted, covering more than half its length. Maintenance Employee A reported conducting daily rounds to check exit doors and hallways and reviewing the maintenance log at each nurse's station, but was unaware of the extent of the rust on the bed and the damaged baseboards. The maintenance log only noted a need for replacement light bulbs in the room, and although Employee A entered the room to replace the bulbs, he did not notice or document the other issues. The Administrator initially stated that beds were on order but later confirmed that no beds had actually been ordered.