Failure to Provide and Document COVID-19 Vaccine Education for All Staff
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that COVID-19 vaccine education was provided to all staff as required by federal guidelines, which mandate that staff receive education on the risks and benefits of the vaccine and that the vaccine be offered by the facility or that information be provided on how to obtain it. Surveyors reviewed the HealthStream education records for five nursing assistants and found no documentation of COVID-19 vaccine education. During an interview, the Infection Preventionist RN stated that she only provided COVID-19 vaccine information to staff if they requested it and confirmed that there was no COVID-19 vaccine education content in the HealthStream system. This failure had the potential to affect more than a limited number of the facility’s 106 residents. No specific residents, their medical histories, or conditions at the time of the deficiency were described in the report.
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