Failure to Educate and Offer COVID-19 Vaccine to Staff
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to ensure that staff were educated about and offered the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine, as required. During a review of six employee files, documentation was missing for five staff members regarding both education and the offer of the most recent COVID-19 immunization. Interviews with the Infection Preventionist revealed a lack of awareness about the annual requirement to provide education and offer the vaccine, resulting in no staff being educated or offered the vaccine for the current year. Only one immunization record was available among the files reviewed. The Nursing Home Administrator also confirmed that she was not previously aware of the annual requirement.