Interlochen Health and Rehab: Gnat Infestation - TX
The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident 2, said she had told staff about the gnats repeatedly. She said it could become a topic of conversation for anyone who walked into her room. As far as she knew, the room had been sprayed. The gnats were still there.
The January 29 inspection, triggered by a complaint, found gnats not just in her room but across Hall 200. A single gnat was spotted at 9:48 a.m. on the south end of the hall. By 12:26 p.m., another was flying around the north end. Two minutes later, one was circling the nurses' station.
When asked whether the gnats bothered her, Resident 2 said, "Oh yeah."
Two nurses on the hall described the problem in their own words during inspector interviews that afternoon. LVN I said she had seen gnats and understood she was supposed to report them to housekeeping when she found them in resident rooms. She said pest control had come and sprayed and it had worked. Then she described what she believed the risk was: gnats were not good, she said, and could fly into residents' mouths, noses, hair, and skin.
LVN J said she had seen gnats on a meal tray inside a resident's room and had removed the tray. She thought food left in rooms might be contributing to the problem. She said pest control came when called and that she reported pest issues to the administrator. The risk, as she saw it, was that gnats might bite residents, or that residents simply would not want to eat their food.
The administrator, interviewed at 5:45 p.m., said the facility had actively been treating the gnats. A pest control company had recently visited and left treatment products for staff to apply. She said the situation had improved somewhat, but acknowledged it was a known issue. When gnats were spotted during rounds, she was supposed to notify the pest control company.
What the facility could not produce was any documentation of that ongoing effort. Inspectors requested the facility's pest control policy and pest control log on January 29 and again on February 2. The facility provided one document: a food service department policy dated 2012, written to cover the kitchen, not the building. No facility-wide pest control policy existed in any record provided to inspectors. No pest control log was provided at all.
The 2012 food service policy described arrangements with a pest control company, proper sealing of pipes and walls, and monitoring of food deliveries. It said nothing about resident rooms or common areas. It had not been updated in 14 years.
The inspection cited the facility for failing to maintain an effective pest control program and for failing to keep Hall 200 and at least one resident's room free of gnats. The level of harm was classified as minimal, with some residents affected. Inspectors noted the failures placed residents at risk of infestation and compromised resident health.
Resident 2 had been raising the issue with staff long enough that she expected the gnats to come up whenever someone visited her room. She knew the room had been sprayed. She had watched the gnats come back. On the morning inspectors arrived, eight of them were counted in the space where she lived.
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Interlochen Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arlington, TX was cited for violations during a health inspection on January 29, 2026.
The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident 2, said she had told staff about the gnats repeatedly.
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