F0684

D

Failure to Provide Ordered Skin Treatments and Timely Response to Change in Condition

New Albany, Ohio Survey Completed on 02-18-2026

Penalty

No penalty information released

Summary

The deficiency involves the facility’s failure to provide physician‑ordered treatment for non‑pressure skin impairments for one resident. A resident with multiple comorbidities, including peripheral vascular disease, dementia, and a left below‑knee amputation, was admitted with moderate cognitive impairment. On admission, two skin tears were identified on the left upper arm, and a physician order was obtained for cleansing with normal saline, patting dry, and applying xeroform, ABD pad, and Kerlix dressings on a Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule and as needed. The Treatment Administration Record showed treatments were due on two specific dates, but observations later revealed the dressing on the left upper arm was still dated several days earlier and was heavily soiled with a large amount of dark red dried blood. An LPN confirmed the ordered dressing changes had not been performed on the scheduled dates.

The deficiency also involves the facility’s failure to timely identify and document a change in condition for another resident. This resident had severe cognitive impairment and multiple diagnoses, including fractures, anemia, dementia, and adult failure to thrive, and was later discharged to an acute care hospital. On the day of transfer, an LPN documented that the resident was drowsy and would not fully wake up, and that the family requested he be sent out; the note stated that vitals were taken and that the resident was tachycardic, but no vital signs were recorded in the medical record. Review of the record showed no documented assessment or vital signs prior to transfer. The ambulance run report documented that upon EMS arrival, the resident was hot, dry, and pale, with coarse lung sounds, a dry cough, rapid pulse, pinpoint non‑reactive pupils, and an elevated temperature, and that naloxone and IV fluids were administered, with a sepsis alert initiated.

Further review showed the resident had received two doses of oxycodone earlier that day per PRN orders. In the emergency department, the resident presented with altered mental status, elevated temperature, and tachycardia, and was diagnosed with sepsis present on admission, acute encephalopathy, and an acute left femoral neck fracture, among other findings. A CNA reported that she had delivered the resident’s meal tray and found him sleeping and did not see him again before transfer due to her workload. An RN reported that the resident’s daughter expressed concern, prompting the RN to obtain vital signs and note a pulse in the 120s–130s and irregular, after which the LPN took over. The LPN later stated she had assessed the resident earlier and found no negative findings, did not obtain a temperature, and acknowledged that no assessment or vital signs were charted, stating she must have forgotten. The DON confirmed there was no assessment or vital signs documented and that the change in condition was not identified timely.