Failure to Provide Privacy Covering for Urinary Catheter Bag
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to maintain resident dignity by not providing a privacy covering for a urinary catheter bag for one resident. On two separate occasions, the resident's catheter bag was observed without a privacy covering: once when the resident was transferred to a wheelchair and brought into the dining room with other residents present, and again when the resident was lying in bed with the catheter bag visible from the hallway. Interviews with CNAs and the Director of Nursing confirmed that facility policy requires the use of dignity bags for urinary catheter bags, especially when residents are in public areas or when the bag is visible from the hallway. The facility's own dignity policy includes the use of privacy coverings for urinary catheter bags as an example of promoting dignity and respect.