Unclean Hallway and Odor Due to Inadequate Cleaning Practices
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to maintain a safe, functional, sanitary, and comfortable environment for residents, staff, and the public in Unit 200. Observations on multiple occasions revealed a brown, dried, odorous substance smeared on the hallway floor near the elevators and leading to the shower room. Facility housekeeping documentation indicated that hallways and nurse's stations should be dust mopped and wet mopped, but interviews with housekeeping and nursing staff revealed that hallways were not always mopped daily and that there was confusion regarding responsibility for cleaning up feces on the floor. Housekeeping staff stated that they did not always get to mopping the hallways and that feces should be cleaned by nursing staff, while the Infection Preventionist and a certified nurse aide confirmed that nurse aides were responsible for cleaning up feces and urine, with housekeeping sanitizing the area afterward.