Failure to Maintain Catheter Bag and Tubing Off the Floor
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that a resident's indwelling urinary catheter drainage bag and tubing were kept off the floor, as required by facility policy and the resident's care plan. Resident E, who had diagnoses including urinary tract infection and neurogenic bladder, was observed on two separate occasions with his catheter drainage bag and tubing in contact with the floor while seated in his wheelchair. The resident reported that his catheter bag often drags on the floor and has previously become caught under his wheelchair wheel. The care plan specifically directed staff to ensure the catheter did not touch the floor, and the facility's urinary catheter care policy also required that catheter tubing and drainage bags be kept off the floor.