Country Court: Stained Washcloths Used on Residents - OH
The inspection took six minutes.
The washcloths were supposed to be cleaning cloths, used on surfaces, not on people. The administrator said so. The laundry worker said so. But a certified nursing assistant confirmed she had already used them on residents that morning before anyone said a word.
The inspection, conducted May 26, 2026, was a complaint survey. Inspectors arrived at 9:05 a.m. and were done with the linen closet tour by 9:11 a.m. What they found in those six minutes affected, at minimum, the residents who had already received morning care.
CNA #106 was interviewed at 9:20 a.m. She said she did not know why the washcloths were stained. She did not offer an explanation for how they got there or how long they had been in the closets.
The laundry worker, identified in the report as Laundry Staff #111, had a clearer picture. Inspectors walked with her to the laundry room at 9:35 a.m. On top of a table sat a pile of unfolded stained and discolored washcloths. In a cart nearby, ready to go out to the units, sat about a dozen white washcloths, clean and folded. The stained pile on the table, she explained, was designated for cleaning surfaces. But nursing staff kept taking those cloths and using them on residents anyway.
She walked to the main linen storage closet, pulled out fresh washcloths, carried them to the unit closets, gathered up all 70 discolored ones, and replaced them. Problem solved, at least for the rest of that day.
The administrator, interviewed at 10:25 a.m., confirmed what the laundry worker had said. The stained washcloths were for cleaning only. Staff were not supposed to use them on residents.
Then came the interview at noon.
CNA #103 said she believed the night shift had placed the discolored washcloths in the linen closets. Then she said something the report records plainly: she had been using them for morning care on the residents.
That detail sits at the center of this inspection. The facility's own explanation, that this was a matter of misplaced cleaning cloths, does not account for the fact that by the time inspectors arrived, residents had already been touched with them. The washcloths were gray to dark brown. A nursing assistant used them anyway, either because she did not notice, did not think it mattered, or because this was simply what was available when her shift began.
Country Court has 48 residents. The inspection report lists the potential to affect all of them.
CMS rated the harm level as minimal, meaning inspectors did not find evidence of injury. That rating reflects what could be documented, not necessarily what occurred before 9:05 a.m. on May 26.
The laundry worker's account raises a question the report does not fully answer: if nursing staff had a habit of taking the cleaning cloths when they ran short of proper washcloths, how long had that been happening? The report does not say. No one interviewed gave a timeline. The administrator did not say when she first became aware that staff were pulling from the cleaning supply.
What the report does say is that 70 washcloths, across three closets, were stained gray to dark brown, and that at least one nursing assistant used them on residents during morning care before inspectors arrived and the laundry worker walked the halls with a cart of clean replacements.
By noon, the closets had fresh washcloths. CNA #103 had already finished her morning rounds.
Full Inspection Report
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COUNTRY COURT in MOUNT VERNON, OH was cited for violations during a health inspection on May 27, 2026.
The inspection took six minutes.
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.