Residential Care Citation Update

The ISDH issued 4 Offense tags and 33 Deficiency tags to Residential Care Facilities in the month of March.  Ten citations were issued Tag 273 concerning maintenance of food preparation and service areas in accordance with state and local sanitation and food handling standards.  Tag 241 was cited 4 times for failure to have resident medications administered by licensed nursing personnel or QMAs.  Both of these citations are common and facilities should seek to prevent them.  Tag 217, cited with relative frequency lately, was cited 5 times in March.  Of the available survey reports, the tag continues to be cited primarily due to the lack of signature or date of signature on the service plan by the resident or resident’s legal representative.

Click here to review a summary of the March Residential Care citations.