Failure to Change Suction Canister per Infection Control Policy
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors observed that the facility did not follow its infection prevention and control practices for suction equipment for one resident. On 2/2/26 at 10:34 a.m., a suction canister in Resident B’s room was observed to be approximately half full of yellow-tinged liquid with a layer of yellow sediment settled at the bottom, and the canister was dated 1/13/26. Later that morning at 11:05 a.m., the Executive Director stated that the canister had been changed on 2/2/26, which conflicted with the date on the canister. In the afternoon, surveyors reviewed the facility’s current “Supply Change Out” document, dated 6/2024, which directed that suction canisters and tubing should be changed weekly and as needed, indicating that the observed canister had not been changed in accordance with facility policy. This deficiency was cited under 3.1-18(b) and related to Intake 2731013.
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