Adventist Health Delano
ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO in DELANO, CA — inspection on August 20, 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
P&P indicated, Patients (Residents) have the right to be free from mental, physical, sexual and verbal abuse, neglect and exploitation. It is the policy of this (facility) to protect patients from real or perceived abuse, neglect or exploitation from anyone, including staff members . In instances of investigations concerning a staff member's behavior, it is preferable to assign the involved staff member non-patient care activities, if possible.
The (facility) has the obligation and responsibility to protect both the rights of the staff member and the rights of the patient.
The staff member's investigation should be conducted fairly and in a confidential manner, involving only those individuals in the investigation that have a need to know.
The staff member should not be unjustly accused because an allegation has been rendered.
All allegations should be immediately and thoroughly investigated until conclusion.
However, the rights and protection of the patient should not be compromised in the essence of fairness toward the staff member.
Therefore, it is the responsibility of the hospital to separate the staff member and the patient until conclusion of the investigation.
The hospital must also protect other patients from the acts of the staff member should these acts prove true.
Therefore, assignment of the involved staff member to non-patient care activities would be optimum. If circumstances do not allow for this option, the staff member's interaction with patients must be monitored at all times during the investigation.
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