Failure to Follow Enhanced Barrier Precautions During Feeding Tube Care
Penalty
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Summary
Facility staff failed to adhere to Enhanced Barrier Precautions during the care of a resident with a gastric tube. The resident, admitted with diagnoses including GERD and the presence of a gastric tube, required Enhanced Barrier Precautions as indicated by signage outside the room. On two separate occasions, staff members, including the Interim Director of Nursing Services and an LPN, were observed handling the resident's feeding tube and assessing the pump and gastric tube while wearing only gloves and not donning a gown as required. The Interim DNS later acknowledged that neither she nor the LPN wore a gown when accessing the resident's gastric tube.