Springs Valley Meadows: Infection Control Failures - IN
The observation happened on the morning of April 29, 2026. CNA 44 pulled a wipe from the package and cleaned the resident's external genitalia back to front, discarded it, then took a second wipe and did it again. Same direction. Both times.
CNA 44 then rolled Resident 45 onto her left side, still wearing the same gloves used throughout the entire procedure. CNA 21 handled the rest of the cleanup.
Less than half an hour later, inspectors moved to another room.
At 11:10 a.m., CNA 14 was doing incontinence care for Resident 61. The aide put on gloves, lowered the bed with the remote, pulled wipes from the drawer, drew the privacy curtain — and then started perineal care without changing gloves. The remote, the drawer, the curtain. None of those surfaces are sterile. The gloves went on before any of them were touched.
The facility's own infection preventionist, interviewed the following day, said staff should remove gloves and perform hand hygiene after touching random items before providing incontinence care. She said handwashing should last at least 20 seconds.
That is not what inspectors saw.
The perineal care policy, last reviewed March 2023, is specific on technique for female residents: wash the urethral area first, use downward strokes, wipe front to back, from the center of the perineum outward. CNA 44 did the opposite, twice, while a second aide assisted.
The hand hygiene policy, last revised December 2021, lists required moments for hand cleaning, including after contact with a resident's environmental surfaces and after touching items like care equipment. CNA 14 touched the bed remote and the wipe drawer with gloved hands and did not change gloves before beginning care.
Springs Valley Meadows sits on State Road 145 in French Lick, a small town in southern Indiana best known for its resort hotels and as the birthplace of Larry Bird. The nursing home has 155 beds. Inspectors completed this survey on May 1, 2026.
The violations were tagged at the minimal harm level, meaning inspectors determined no resident suffered documented injury from what they observed. That determination reflects documented outcome, not risk. Back-to-front wiping technique is one of the primary vectors for urinary tract infections in women, particularly those who are incontinent and cannot advocate for themselves during care. Residents 45 and 61 were both dependent on staff for this care. Neither could correct what was happening.
The administrator provided the hand hygiene policy and the perineal care policy to inspectors on April 30. The policies were in place. The training, presumably, had happened. Inspectors watched the violations anyway, in real time, in two separate rooms, with two separate sets of aides, within the same morning.
The infection preventionist described the correct procedure clearly when asked. She knew what the standard was. The question inspectors left unanswered — and the one the facility's plan of correction will need to address — is how long the gap between policy and practice had been open before anyone looked.
Resident 45 was rolled onto her side and held in place while the care continued. She did not speak in the inspection report. Neither did Resident 61. What happened in those rooms is documented in the language of regulatory deficiency findings, clinical in its detail, distant in its framing. Two residents received care that their own facility's written procedures prohibit. Inspectors saw it. They wrote it down.
Full Inspection Report
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Data source: This article is based on inspection data downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases inspection reports in bulk; we publish the findings as documented by state surveyors in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies.
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SPRINGS VALLEY MEADOWS in FRENCH LICK, IN was cited for violations during a health inspection on May 1, 2026.
The observation happened on the morning of April 29, 2026.
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.