Minnesota Masonic Home: Respiratory Care Lapses - MN
Inspectors visiting Minnesota Masonic Home Care Center that morning found unidentified pink matter covering roughly a quarter of the tiled walls in the D1 unit shower room, spreading across the caulking lines and along the baseboard tiles. The water handle was encrusted with white calcium-like deposits. A chrome fixture showed rust-colored spots, and a rust stain ran down the wall beneath it. Two long-handled plastic brushes on the floor had pink matter embedded in the bristles. A clear plastic bag knotted to the handheld showerhead had pink matter on both ends. Twenty-seven of the 29 residents on the D1 unit used that shower room regularly.
The nursing assistant, identified in the report as NA-G, confirmed she saw the pink matter on the walls and brushes. She said cleaning the walls was the housekeeper's job.
The housekeeper, identified as H-A, told inspectors she cleaned the shower rooms every day, but acknowledged she had not cleaned it the day before. She said she sometimes used bleach on those areas and offered to ask her supervisor for new brushes.
Inspectors returned the next morning. The walls had been cleaned, but pink matter remained on the tiles near the floor. The two contaminated brushes were still in the room, leaning against the wall.
The facility's infection preventionist said she was not sure what the pink matter was. She removed the brushes and said they needed to be replaced. The administrator told inspectors the brushes were being replaced "right now."
Nobody had identified what the substance was, or how long it had been there.
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Last verified: August 5, 2026 · Our methodology
Minnesota Masonic Home Care Center in BLOOMINGTON, MN was cited for violations during a health inspection on February 12, 2026.
The water handle was encrusted with white calcium-like deposits.
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