cms_NH: 14
In collaboration with The Seattle Times, Big Local News is providing full-text nursing home deficiencies from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These files contain the full narrative details of each nursing home deficiency cited regulators. The files include deficiencies from Standard Surveys (routine inspections) and from Complaint Surveys. Complete data begins January 2011 (although some earlier inspections do show up). Individual states are provides as CSV files. A very large (4.5GB) national file is also provided as a zipped archive. New data will be updated on a monthly basis. For additional documentation, please see the README.
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| 14 |
GREENBRIAR HEALTHCARE |
305005 |
55 HARRIS ROAD |
NASHUA |
NH |
3062 |
2018-03-05 |
880 |
E |
0 |
1 |
6C1411 |
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observations and interviews the facility failed to maintain a safe, sanitary enviroment to prevent the development and transmission of infections. Findings include: Observation on 3/1/18 at approximately 8:45 a.m. of the facility rehabilitation area showed multiple individual cloth gait belts and multiple individual synthetic gait belts. Review of the manufacturer's instructions, at the time of survey, with Staff P (Rehabilitation Director) revealed the following: Gait belts made from woven fibers, either natural or man-made can be laundered recommends washing in lukewarm water (100 degrees F / 38 degrees C) without bleach and low dry in order to maintain color brightness and product longevity. If, however, the woven Gait Belts are contaminated, they may be cleaned per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-care Facilities. Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) . by washing in hot water (.160 degrees F / 71 degrees C) for a period of 25 minutes or more with, if desirable, the appropriate bleach concentration . Interview on 3/1/18 at approximately 9:00 a.m. with Staff P (Rehabilitation Director) revealed that the facility gait belts, (both the cloth and the synthetic) are wiped down with disinfectant after patient use and are not sent to the laundry to be cleaned. The rehabilitation department failed to ensure that the facility gait belts are cleaned and maintained to prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections. On 2/27/18 at approximately 1:23 PM Staff K (License Nursing Assistant ) was observed to come out out of room [ROOM NUMBER] without any garb on except for gloves. Staff K then discarded the gloves into room [ROOM NUMBER] and then proceed down the hallway without washing his/her hands. room [ROOM NUMBER] is a precaution room where as Resident #193 is on contact precautions for VRE ([MEDICATION NAME]-resistant [MEDICATION NAME]) in urine and and Resident #79 is on contact precaution for shingles. Staff K had assisted another staff member to get Resident #193 into bed for the afternoon. Medication Cart Observation: 3/1/18 8:00 am: Building #1, Locked Dementia Unit: Observation of medication cart with Staff H, RN revealed one blood glucose meter (BGM) with a dried, brownish red substance smeared on the sides and back. Staff H was able to clean the substance off of the BGM with a bleach wipe during the observation. |
2020-09-01 |