Kadima Rehab: Abuse Response Violations - PA
Inspectors visiting Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at Washington on January 30 found the facility had gone from January 2025 through January 2026 without implementing the core controls its own water safety program demanded. No monitoring of chlorine levels. No pathogen testing. No documentation that anyone had checked whether the building's water system was harboring Legionella, the bacteria responsible for Legionnaires' disease, a severe form of pneumonia that can be fatal in elderly and immunocompromised patients.
There was one water test on record. A company called Tap Score had conducted it sometime in 2025. When inspectors called Tap Score directly, a support staff member confirmed the test had screened for "forever chemicals" only, not for any waterborne pathogens. Nothing in that test would have detected Legionella, Pseudomonas, or any of the other organisms that can colonize nursing home water systems and spread through showers, faucets, and cooling equipment.
The facility's own Maintenance Director, interviewed the same day, confirmed it plainly. The facility had no documentation of water testing as required under its Legionella policy. The program had not been maintained. The controls had not been implemented.
The water management plan on file listed seven core elements the facility was supposed to build and follow, including a risk assessment, defined control methods with acceptable ranges, corrective action protocols, and ongoing documentation. Industry guidance cited in the inspection recommends maintaining residual chlorine between 0.50 and 3.00 parts per million. There is no record Kadima ever measured that figure during the year in question.
The facility's policy had been reviewed as recently as January 7, 2026, three weeks before inspectors arrived. The previous review date listed on that same document was January 9, 2025, the start of the year the program went unexecuted.
Full Inspection Report
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Last verified: August 5, 2026 · Our methodology
KADIMA REHABILITATION & NURSING AT WASHINGTON in WASHINGTON, PA was cited for abuse-related violations during a health inspection on January 30, 2026.
No monitoring of chlorine levels.
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