Failure to Maintain Clean and Sanitary Resident Rooms and Bathrooms
Penalty
Summary
The deficiency involves the facility’s failure to maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe environment in three randomly observed resident rooms. In one room, a full, closed urinal containing dark yellow urine was observed sitting on the floor near a cluttered window area with personal belongings along the wall. The resident in that room reported the urinal had been on the floor for a couple of days. When interviewed, an LPN acknowledged that the urinal should have been emptied and not left on the floor. In a second room, the bathroom had a strong odor of urine and feces, with dried feces visible on the rim of the toilet bowl and on the toilet seat. A trash can without a bag was almost full of toilet paper with dried feces on it, and another trash can without a bag contained a urine-soiled brief. A CNA stated the trash cans should have had bags and been emptied, and that staff should have notified housekeeping to clean the toilet. In a third room, a white hospital blanket folded on the bathroom floor in front of the toilet was stained dark brown. The resident reported placing a folded blanket on the floor because the toilet leaked, and that the blanket was changed every week or two. A CNA confirmed the blanket had been changed about weekly and stated it should not have been left on the floor.
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