Environmental Safety and Maintenance Deficiencies in Resident Rooms and Restrooms
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors identified environmental deficiencies involving climate control units, restroom ceiling vents, a restroom handrail, and a wall guard in multiple resident rooms. During observations conducted with the Facility Maintenance Director, surveyors found an ointment bottle, a fork, and a small medication cup inside the climate control unit in one resident room, with the unit’s grate cover missing. Additional resident rooms were noted to have climate control units with heavy dust and cobweb buildup or large amounts of dust and debris. The Facility Maintenance Director stated that climate control units should be checked monthly for debris buildup. Further observations showed restroom ceiling vent covers in several resident rooms that were loose and not firmly attached to the ceiling, and one restroom where the ceiling vent cover was completely absent. A restroom handrail in another resident room was repeatedly observed on different days to be not firmly attached to the wall. In a separate room, the wall guard was seen peeling away from the wall with screws protruding as it detached. The Facility Maintenance Director reported having checked some vents in the past, stated being unaware of the loose wall guard, and indicated a belief that facility staff were generally good about entering such issues into the TELS work order system. These conditions potentially affected at least 15 residents who resided in or used the affected areas, in a facility with a census of 105 residents.
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