Kaplan Healthcare: Food Safety Violations - LA
The aide at Kaplan Healthcare Center picked up the feces with paper towels, rinsed the stall with water, then immediately helped an undressed resident into the same shower chair and stall. When questioned, the assistant admitted she was supposed to clean with disinfectant after each resident but said, "I ain't gonna lie, I don't use it after every resident."
Inspectors documented multiple cleaning failures throughout their visit. In another shower room, dried brown matter was observed on the wall next to a shower chair. That aide sprayed cleaner and wiped it off, stating the matter "must not have been cleaned yesterday" despite facility policy requiring cleaning after every resident and again at day's end.
The facility's corporate nurse, who serves as infection preventionist, told inspectors that showers should be cleaned and disinfected after each resident with Rapid Multi Surface Spray Disinfectant. She emphasized that if a resident has a bowel movement on the shower floor, "the entire shower should be cleaned and disinfected."
Staff acknowledged the protocols but failed to follow them. The first aide had not used her assigned shower chair yet that day, suggesting the dried matter had remained from the previous day's inadequate cleaning. The second aide's admission revealed a pattern of cutting corners on infection control procedures.
The violations put residents at risk of exposure to fecal bacteria and other pathogens in an environment where vulnerable elderly people bathe while naked and often unable to advocate for themselves.
Federal inspectors classified the violations as having potential for actual harm affecting few residents.
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Last verified: June 20, 2026 · Our methodology
KAPLAN HEALTHCARE CENTER in KAPLAN, LA was cited for violations during a health inspection on October 1, 2025.
In another shower room, dried brown matter was observed on the wall next to a shower chair.
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