Failure to Maintain Clean and Sanitary Bed Curtain for a Resident
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to maintain a clean and sanitary bed curtain for one resident, compromising the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment. The resident had multiple medical diagnoses, including type 2 diabetes mellitus with hyperglycemia, long-term insulin use, COPD, moderate protein-calorie malnutrition, epilepsy, a right artificial shoulder joint, an above-knee right leg amputation, polyneuropathy, anemia, and generalized anxiety disorder, and was documented as cognitively intact on the MDS. During observation, surveyors noted three dark red splatter stains on the resident’s bed curtain, with the largest measuring approximately 1 cm and two others approximately 0.5 cm, along with additional linear black stains on the curtain. The resident reported having requested that the bed curtain be cleaned, but stated the facility never cleaned it. A CNA confirmed the presence of stains on the bed curtain during interview. When interviewed, the facility’s Risk Management staff member stated that the facility did not have an environment policy and indicated that environmental concerns would fall under the facility’s undated “Resident Rights” policy, which stated that residents will be treated with dignity and respect and that dignity includes providing safe and secure housing. This lack of a specific environmental policy and the failure to clean the stained bed curtain led to the cited deficiency under the resident’s right to a safe, clean, and homelike environment.
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