Careview Minocqua: Care Plan Failures - WI
Her hospital discharge paperwork was scanned into her record at the facility on November 4. The wound VAC order sat there, unacted on, until November 5, when a staff member found physical documentation in the resident's room and apparently noticed it for the first time. LPN B ordered the device that day. It arrived at 8:18 that evening.
The vancomycin solution was never ordered at all. When a nurse finally contacted a nurse practitioner on November 5 about the wound, it was because the resident had no wound care orders on file, not because anyone had tracked down the missing medication. A wet-to-dry dressing was substituted until vancomycin could arrive. Inspectors found no evidence the facility ever ordered it.
The resident went without any wound care on the afternoon of November 3, all day November 4, and the evening of November 5.
On the morning of November 6, staff attempted to place the wound VAC. That is when they found feces packed into the wound. She was sent to the emergency room.
The attending physician, MD C, told inspectors he had no explanation for why the wound VAC had not been delivered to the facility before her admission, or why the vancomycin had not been given. "Whatever is not written was not done," he said. He confirmed the wound was in a location where contamination with stool was a direct and known risk, and that the VAC's purpose was specifically to prevent it.
The emergency room physician's notes described the deep wound as covered in stool and recommended the resident be sent back once the wound was cleaned, with a wound VAC applied before any future transfer to a skilled nursing facility. The goal, the notes said, was to keep feces out of the wound so the tissue could eventually be considered for a skin graft.
LPN B told inspectors she believed the resident had received appropriate care in the days before she was sent to the emergency room. She said she would look for documentation to support that. None was provided.
Full Inspection Report
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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.
Her hospital discharge paperwork was scanned into her record at the facility on November 4.
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.