Cortland Center: Infection Control Failures Found - OH
Enhanced Barrier Precautions, known as EBP, are a layer of infection control designed to stop drug-resistant organisms from spreading through the hands and clothing of healthcare workers during the most intimate moments of resident care: bathing, dressing, changing briefs, turning and transferring, wound care. Staff are required to put on both gloves and a gown before starting any of those activities with qualifying residents, then remove the protective equipment before leaving the room.
The residents who qualify are among the most vulnerable in any nursing home. They include people with chronic wounds, urinary catheters, central lines, and tracheostomies, as well as anyone already colonized or infected with a multi-drug-resistant organism the CDC has flagged as a priority concern.
Cortland Center's own Enhanced Barrier Precaution policy, revised as recently as May 2025, spelled out exactly when protections were required and what staff were supposed to do. Signage was to go on residents' doors. Visitors were to be stopped at the nurses' station before entering. The facility had written it all down. It had not been done.
The director of nursing told inspectors an intervention had been initiated, but the timing made clear the intervention came in response to the inspection itself. No care plan had been in place. Inspectors cited the deficiency under a complaint investigation, finding minimal harm but recognizing the potential for actual harm to the few residents affected.
For the residents in those rooms, the gap between a written policy and a followed one was measured in every bath, every wound dressing, every linen change that happened without the protections the facility had promised them.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Cortland Center from 2026-01-29 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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CORTLAND CENTER in CORTLAND, OH was cited for violations during a health inspection on January 29, 2026.
The residents who qualify are among the most vulnerable in any nursing home.
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.