Missing Infection Control Training for a Nurse Aide. Facility education records for the year reviewed did not include Infection Control training for one of five direct care staff, a Nurse Aide. The NHA stated education is distributed electronically during the calendar year and confirmed the training was not provided.
Failure to provide mandatory Infection Control training for one NA was identified. Facility policy required compliance with training standards and mandatory infection control in-service education, but the NA’s personnel file did not show annual Infection Control training for the required period. HR confirmed the training was not provided.
Failure to provide Infection Control training to five of five direct care staff was identified. The NHA stated that education is tracked by calendar year and that the facility could not locate 2025 education records for the reviewed LPN, NAs, and RN. The HR Director confirmed that the facility failed to provide the required training.
Failure to Provide Required Infection Control Training: The facility failed to provide annual Infection Control in-service training for five staff members, including NAs, an RN, and an LPN. Personnel files did not show credible training for the review period, and the NHA confirmed the missing training during interview. The facility policy required regularly scheduled in-service classes and documentation of attendance.
Failure to Provide Required Infection Control Training: The facility did not provide required Infection Control in-service training for an LPN, an RN, and three NAs. The facility’s policy required regular staff education on infection prevention and control, but personnel files showed no annual Infection Control training for the affected staff, and the NHA stated there was no employee education for the prior year.
The facility failed to provide infection control training for four of ten staff members, including an RN, an activity employee, and two NAs. Although the inservice education program listed prevention and control of infections/standard precautions as a topic, the training records for these employees did not show infection control training during the applicable annual periods. The NHA confirmed the lapse during interview.
Surveyors found that the facility did not provide required annual infection control in-service education to a nurse aide, despite a policy requiring at least 12 hours of annual continuing education for NAs in line with OBRA regulations and completion prior to annual review. Review of the aide’s personnel file showed no documented infection control training for a full annual period, and the Clinical Nurse Educator confirmed that this staff member had not received the mandated infection control training, resulting in noncompliance with state staff development and licensee responsibility requirements.
The facility failed to provide required Infection Control training for two RNs. The facility policy required staff training on the Infection Prevention and Control Program before independent service and annually, but two RN personnel files showed no annual Infection Control training during the required periods. HR confirmed the missing training during interview.
A facility failed to provide annual Infection Control training for one of five staff members, a NA. Facility policy required all staff to complete annual in-service training, including the infection prevention and control program, but the NA’s personnel file did not show the required training for the year reviewed. The DON confirmed the training was not provided.
The facility did not provide required infection control training to multiple direct care staff members, despite a policy stating that all employees must complete mandatory education within set time frames. Review of annual education records showed that two NAs and two RNs lacked documented infection control training, and the HR director confirmed that education is organized by calendar year. The NHA acknowledged that the facility failed to ensure these direct care staff received infection control education as required by state regulations.
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