Residential Care Facility Citation Update

In October 2014 the ISDH issued 31 Deficiency tags and 8 Offense tags to Residential Care Facilities.  The leading tag in October was Tag 241, an Offense tag, concerning the failure to have physician ordered medications administered by licensed nurses or QMAs.  This citation is often cited by the ISDH, being cited in each month of 2014 except for February.  Tag 247, a Deficiency, was cited three times in the month concerning the documentation of errors in mediation administration and notification to the physician of  any such error when there is actual or potential harm to the resident.  A usual high-frequency tag, Tag 273 concerning maintaining food preparation and service areas in accordance with state and local sanitation standards, was only cited 4 times in October.  Lastly, hand washing appears to continue to be an issue as three facilities were cited Tag 414 for staff failure to wash hands after each resident contact.

Click here to review a summary of October’s Residential Care Facility Offense and Deficiency citations.