Kadima Rehabilitation: Resident Rights Violations - PA
That finding sits at the center of a January 30 federal inspection at the facility on West Wylie Avenue, which documented a full year without a functioning water safety program for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease, a potentially fatal form of pneumonia.
Inspectors reviewed the facility's Water Management Program and found it contained no policy for any specific type of water testing. When they traced the single 2025 test, they reached a company called Tap Score. A Tap Score support employee confirmed by phone on January 29 that the test "did not include testing for any water pathogens only for forever chemicals, which did not include any chemical that would be toxic to water pathogens."
The facility's own Legionella policy, last reviewed January 9, 2025, called for a water management team, a system risk assessment, documented control measures, and corrective actions when those measures fall short. None of that documentation existed.
Federal health regulators have required nursing homes to maintain water management plans since 2018, including facility-wide risk assessments, testing protocols with defined acceptable ranges, and records of corrective action when results fall outside those ranges. Industry guidance sets recommended chlorine residual levels between 0.50 and 3.00 parts per million. Kadima had no documentation showing chlorine or any other disinfection measure was being tracked.
The Maintenance Director confirmed it directly. In an interview on January 29, he told inspectors the facility had no documentation of water testing as required under its own Legionella policy and that the program had failed for the full twelve months between January 2025 and January 2026.
Inspectors cited the deficiency as affecting many residents, with minimal harm or potential for actual harm. The facility serves a population that, by age and medical condition, faces elevated risk from waterborne infections.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing At Washington from 2026-01-30 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Data source: Official federal inspection data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Last verified: August 5, 2026 · Our methodology
KADIMA REHABILITATION & NURSING AT WASHINGTON in WASHINGTON, PA was cited for violations during a health inspection on January 30, 2026.
Inspectors reviewed the facility's Water Management Program and found it contained no policy for any specific type of water testing.
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.