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Barre Gardens: COVID Vaccine Protocol Failures - VT
By the time inspectors arrived November 13, sixteen residents and eight staff members had tested positive....
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By the time inspectors arrived November 13, sixteen residents and eight staff members had tested positive....
The drug was midodrine, which is prescribed to raise blood pressure....
The cart sat by the nurses' station with one staff member facing a computer screen with his back to the medications....
The problem started with how the pharmacy tracked her....
The failures were not minor procedural gaps....
The inspection, triggered by complaints, produced a citation under the federal tag that carries the most weight in nursing home oversight....
The inspection, conducted on November 20, 2025, was triggered by a complaint....
The nurse who responded that night, identified in records as V7, did not take a full set of vital signs....
The September incident left the resident unable to summon help while the nursing assistant cared for their roommate behind a pulled privacy curtain....
Clean and soiled linen, along with their respective carts and hampers, must be kept separate at all times....
That relative was already gone....
Resident #6 scored three on a cognitive assessment in September, indicating severe impairment....
The incident occurred on October 16, 2025, when nursing staff reported that Resident #02 had been lowered to the floor and may have sustained a head injury....
The nursing home has not submitted a correction plan....
According to federal data, infections remain among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in long-term care facilities nationwide....
These situations create both medical and emotional consequences that extend well beyond the individual resident....
The pressure ulcer deficiency was one of **four total citations** issued during the survey of the small South Dakota nursing facility....
Among the citations was a failure to keep the facility free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent accidents....
The facility has not submitted a plan of correction....
The food safety citation was one of **two total deficiencies** identified during the inspection of the Reed City rehabilitation facility....