Good Samaritan Society: COVID Vaccine Tracking Failure - MN
The finding emerged from a June 4, 2026 inspection at the facility on West Broadway Avenue. Inspectors reviewed immunization records for five residents and found the gap in one of them, a man identified in the report only as Resident 29.
He was admitted on April 29. The facility's own procedure called for the admitting nurse to review every new resident's immunization status within the first 24 hours. After that, the infection preventionist was supposed to cross-check the Minnesota Immunization Information Connection, a state-run tracking system, to confirm what vaccines the resident had already received. If a vaccine was still needed, staff were to provide written information about it, obtain consent or a documented refusal, and proceed from there.
None of that happened for Resident 29. His electronic medical record contained no vaccination history, no record of anyone checking the state immunization database, and no consent form, signed or declined.
When the facility's infection preventionist sat down with inspectors on June 3 and pulled up his immunization tab, the problem was immediate. The preventionist said the record should have been completed at admission. There was no dispute about what was missing, only an acknowledgment that it had been missed.
The inspection report classified the violation as minimal harm or potential for actual harm, the lowest tier on the federal harm scale. But Resident 29's medical profile placed him in a category where respiratory illness carries real risk. Coronary artery disease narrows the arteries that supply blood to the heart. Combined with dementia, which affects a person's ability to communicate symptoms or follow care instructions, the gap in his vaccination record was not a paperwork problem in isolation.
The CDC's COVID-19 vaccination guidance, updated in November 2025, calls for long-term care facilities to assess each resident's vaccination status and ensure eligible residents are offered recommended vaccines and boosters unless there is a medical contraindication or the resident refuses. Resident 29 was never given the chance to refuse. Nobody asked.
The facility's own written policy, revised the same month as the CDC update, laid out the process in detail: screen for eligibility, provide educational materials, document the conversation, get a signature one way or the other, follow up with the physician, administer the vaccine, and record it. The policy existed. The process did not run.
Good Samaritan Society - Specialty Care Community is a skilled nursing facility. The residents it serves are, by definition, among the most medically vulnerable people in the community. A man with a failing heart and a mind that can no longer reliably track his own daily needs depends on the institution around him to manage what he cannot manage himself. That includes knowing whether he has been vaccinated and making sure someone asks him, or his family, whether he wants to be.
As of the inspection, nobody had asked. His record sat empty on a tab that the infection preventionist, by her own account, should have filled within a day of his arrival.
The facility was cited under federal immunization requirements. For information on the facility's plan to correct the deficiency, CMS directs the public to contact the nursing home or the Minnesota state survey agency directly.
Resident 29 remained at the facility at the time of the inspection, his vaccination status still unresolved in the record, more than a month after the window his own facility said should have closed within 24 hours of his walking through the door.
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.
Plan of correction: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to state survey agencies and those responses may not be reflected in CMS data at the time of publication. The absence of a plan of correction in our data does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken are encouraged to contact the facility directly or their state survey agency.
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Last verified: September 19, 2026 · Our methodology
GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY - SPECIALTY CARE COMMUNITY in ROBBINSDALE, MN was cited for violations during a health inspection on June 4, 2026.
The finding emerged from a June 4, 2026 inspection at the facility on West Broadway Avenue.
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.