Failure to Maintain Clean and Sanitary Wheelchairs and Geri Chairs
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors identified a deficiency related to the facility’s failure to maintain sanitary wheelchairs and geriatric chairs for multiple residents. For one resident, repeated observations over several days showed a wheelchair with a dried yellow-brown substance on both armrests, the frame, and all four wheels, with no change in condition between observations. For a second resident, a geriatric chair was observed on multiple occasions with dried white and yellow substances on both armrests, a dried yellow-brown substance on the headrest padding to the left of the resident’s head, and visible strands of hair or string-like debris wrapped around parts of all four wheels, again with no improvement noted over several days. A third resident’s geriatric chair was observed on several different days with a dried white substance on both armrests and visible strands of hair or string-like debris wrapped around parts of all four wheels, with the condition persisting across all observations. In a joint interview, the Environmental Services Director reported that wheelchairs and geriatric chairs were cleaned once a month and as needed by housekeeping staff, and that the last cleaning occurred on 12/11/25. The Environmental Services Director also stated that housekeeping staff had not been notified by nursing staff that these specific chairs needed additional cleaning. The Administrator stated he expected wheelchairs and geriatric chairs to be clean and expected nursing staff to notify housekeeping if more frequent cleaning was needed.
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