Environmental Cleanliness and Maintenance Deficiencies Across Multiple Nursing Units
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide a safe, clean, and comfortable environment on four of six nursing units (B, C, D, and H). During observations conducted over two days, surveyors noted a grey substance covering the exhaust vents in the central bathing rooms on nursing units C and H. In multiple resident rooms (503, 505, 603, and 705), the cover was off the heating/air conditioning units and a grey substance was observed covering the filters. Additional environmental deficiencies included damaged doors to certain resident rooms and a broken floor tile in the doorway of another resident room. A grey substance was also observed on the filters of oxygen concentrators in several resident rooms. These conditions were cited under 28 Pa. Code 201.14(a) regarding responsibility of the licensee and 28 Pa. Code 201.18(b)(1)(3)(e)(2.1) regarding management. No specific resident medical histories or clinical conditions were described in the report; the findings were limited to environmental observations in resident rooms, central bathing areas, and on equipment such as heating/air conditioning units and oxygen concentrators.
