Failure to Employ Onsite Infection Preventionist
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to employ a qualified Infection Preventionist who remains onsite, as required for the infection prevention and control program. Record review showed that while a member of the nursing directors' team was designated as the certified Infection Preventionist in the facility assessment, the facility was unable to provide an Infection Preventionist certificate for any employee working onsite. Observations conducted over several days confirmed that there was no Infection Preventionist present in the building. The Administrator confirmed that the facility does not have an Infection Preventionist onsite and that the corporate Infection Preventionist is never in the building. This deficiency has the potential to affect all 70 residents residing in the facility.