Brownsburg Health Care Center
BROWNSBURG HEALTH CARE CENTER in BROWNSBURG, IN — inspection on September 30, 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
Unit Manager 11 indicated staff should sanitize their hands between each resident during a medication pass, and medications should never be dispensed by being popped into a staff member's hand. On 9/30/25 at 11:02 a.m., Unit Manager 11 and a visitor observed QMA 9 as she left Resident W's room and approached the medication cart. QMA 9 was not observed to sanitize her hands. A sign posted on Resident W's door indicated, Stop, Enhanced Barrier Precautions Everyone Must: Clean their hands, including before entering and when leaving the room.On 9/30/25 at 11:04 a.m., QMA 9 indicated she had cleaned her hands before preparing medications for Resident R, and therefore it was okay for her to pop pills into her hand, but she should have sanitized her hands after she had touched the resident's clothing.
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) signs were taped to the doors of seven residents on the 100, 200, and 300 hallways. A Contact Precautions sign taped to one resident's door on the 200-hallway indicated, Stop Contact Precautions everyone must: Clean their hands, including before entering and when leaving the room.
Providers and staff must also wear gloves and gown before room entry.The CDC Guidance, dated 2/27/24, Clinical Safety: Hand Hygiene for Healthcare Workers- Hand hygiene protects both healthcare personnel and patients.
Hand hygiene means cleaning hands with: handwashing with water and soap [e.g., plain soap or with an antiseptic], antiseptic hand rub [alcohol-based foam or gel hand sanitizer].Some healthcare personnel may need to clean their hands as often as 100 times during a work shift to keep themselves, patients, and staff safe.Know when to clean your hands: Immediately before touching a patient .After touching a patient or patient's surroundings.On 9/30/25 at 12:27 p.m., the Administrator provided a Standard Precautions policy, Revised 6/2020, and indicated the policy was the one currently being used by the facility.
The policy indicated, Standard Precautions are used in the care of residents regardless of their diagnoses or suspected or confirmed infection status.
Standard Precautions presume that blood, body fluids, secretions, and excretions [except sweat], non-intact skin and mucous membranes may contain transmissible infectious agents.A.
Hand Hygiene i.
Hand hygiene refers to hand washing with soap [anti-microbial or non-antimicrobial] OR using alcohol-based hand rubs [gels, foams, rinses] that do not require access to water.On 9/30/25 at 12:27 p.m., the Administrator provided a Medication Administration policy, undated, and indicated the policy was the one currently being used by the facility.
The policy indicated, Purpose: To provide practice standards for safe administration of medications for residents in the facility .II.
Wash hands before and after medication administration.This citation relates to Intake 2625844.3.1-18(a)3.1-18(l)
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