Careview Minocqua: Notification Failures Cited - WI
The wound VAC was supposed to keep the wound from being contaminated with stool. The wound was in what the facility's own physician, MD C, described as "a bad area." Without the device, nothing was protecting it.
Staff didn't learn R1 was supposed to have a wound VAC until November 5, when someone found documentation in her room. The VAC was ordered that day and delivered at 8:18 PM. When nurses went to place it the following morning, they found feces packed into the wound. She was sent to the emergency room.
The hospital's assessment was direct: the deep wound was covered with stool. Doctors sent her back to the ER specifically so the wound could be cleaned and a VAC applied before she returned to skilled nursing. The goal, the hospital noted, was to prevent further fecal contamination so the wound could eventually heal enough for a skin graft.
The vancomycin order never made it into R1's physician orders, her treatment administration record, or anywhere else in her file until November 5, when a nurse called to report the facility didn't have it. Inspectors found no evidence the facility ever ordered it at all. R1 received no wound care on the afternoon of November 3, all day November 4, or the evening of November 5, before she was sent to the emergency room on November 6.
"We didn't know she was supposed to have vancomycin solution," RN F told the surveyor.
MD C, who first saw R1 on November 6, said he couldn't explain why the wound VAC hadn't been delivered before admission or why the vancomycin hadn't been given. "I don't really know what to say," he told the surveyor. "Whatever is not written was not done."
LPN B, who ordered the wound VAC on November 5, told the surveyor she believed R1 had received appropriate care during those three days. She said she would try to find documentation to support that. None was provided.
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CAREVIEW HEALTH AND REHAB OF MINOCQUA in MINOCQUA, WI was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 24, 2025.
The wound VAC was supposed to keep the wound from being contaminated with stool.
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.