Woodruff County Health Center: Accident Harm Cited - AR
The facility's own enhanced barrier precautions policy, dated April 2024, lists tracheostomy and ventilator tube care as a high-contact activity requiring gown and gloves. The infection preventionist told inspectors that trach care required a gown, gloves, and mask under those precautions, and that staff were observed daily and received annual competency checks on proper donning and doffing. The administrator said camera footage was reviewed to ensure compliance. The director of nursing said PPE was stocked outside the rooms of residents on enhanced barrier precautions and that charts were flagged to identify who required them.
Despite all of that, the failure happened anyway.
The gap between what the facility described and what inspectors documented points to a breakdown somewhere between the policy binder and the bedside. Staff were performing care on residents carrying drug-resistant organisms without the protective equipment the facility's own infection control program required.
The facility's tracheostomy care policy complicated matters further. That document, which carried no date, said masks and eye protection were only necessary "if there is a likelihood of splashes and splattering," a lower standard than what the enhanced barrier precautions policy required and what the infection preventionist described to inspectors. Two policies, pulling in different directions, with staff in the middle.
Inspectors cited the deficiency at a level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm, with some residents affected.
The residents on enhanced barrier precautions were there for a reason. Drug-resistant organisms spread through exactly the kind of close, hands-on contact that tracheostomy care involves. The protective equipment exists to interrupt that transmission. When staff skip it, the precaution exists only on paper.
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WOODRUFF COUNTY HEALTH CENTER in MCCRORY, AR was cited for violations during a health inspection on September 18, 2025.
The administrator said camera footage was reviewed to ensure compliance.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.