Willow Creek Healthcare Center
WILLOW CREEK HEALTHCARE CENTER in CLOVIS, CA — inspection on September 24, 2025.
Found 1 citation. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
reference indicated .
Examine the following in a patient with a PI (a localized area of skin and/or
tolerance): Ulcer history, including etiology (the study of the cause or origin of a disease or abnormal
which this activity will cover in detail under staging, Size of the affected area, Sinus tracts (an abnormal, tube-like passage that connects an infected area to the surface of the skin), undermining (the lifting and separation of skin and underlying tissues), and tunneling (creating or traversing a passage), The presence of drainage, The presence of necrotic tissue.
When evaluating the wound characteristics, it is also important to keep risk assessment instruments in mind to reduce the risk of a PI incidence.
The primary goal is to prevent pressure injury.
This goal requires an interprofessional team, including primary care providers, wound care specialists, surgeons, specialty-trained wound nurses, physical therapists, and nurse aides.
Nurses provide care, monitor patients, and notify the team of issues.
Nurse aides are often responsible for turning and repositioning patients.The patient should be kept pain-free by giving analgesics (medications that relieve pain) .
They should try to increase physical activity, which a nurse's aide, medical assistant, or rehab nurse can facilitate.
Frequent follow-ups are an absolute necessity, and a team approach to patient education and pressure injury management involving the wound care nurse and wound care clinician lead to the best results.
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Source: This inspection report was downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases nursing home inspection reports in bulk. The findings reflect what state surveyors documented in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies on the date of the inspection.
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