Mid City Community Nursing And Rehab
Mid City Community Nursing and Rehab in BATON ROUGE, LA — 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
The facility failed to ensure staff wore proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while providing care to a resident who was on Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP).
Findings:
Review of the facility's policy titled, Enhanced Barrier Precautions with a revision date of 04/2024 revealed the following, in part:Policy: It is the policy of this facility to implement enhanced barrier precautions for the prevention of transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms.Definitions: Enhanced barrier precautions (EBP) refer to an infection control intervention designed to reduce transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms that employs targeted gown and gloves use during high-contact resident care activities.Policy Explanation and Compliance Guidelines:2.
Initiation of Enhanced Barrier Precautions: b. An order for enhanced barrier precautions will be obtained for residents with any of the following: i.indwelling medical devices (e.g., feeding tubes)4.
High-contact resident care activities include: f. changing briefs or assisting with toiletingReview of Resident #2's Clinical Record revealed he was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with a diagnosis of Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Gastrostomy Status.Review of Resident #2's current Physician Orders revealed the following, in part: Start date: 06/02/2025; Enhanced Barrier Precautions when providing high-contact resident care.Review of Resident #2's current Care Plan revealed the following, in part:Focus: I require staff to use EBP.Intervention: Wear required PPE when preforming contact care. On 08/18/2025 at 4:00 p.m., an observation was made of the EBP sign posted on the wall above Resident #2's bed.
The sign revealed the following, in part: Providers and staff must also:Wear gloves and a gown for the following high-contact resident care activities.In addition to standard precautions, everyone must gown and glove for these resident care activities - Changing briefs On 08/18/2025 at 4:00 p.m., an observation was made of incontinent care on Resident #2. S2CNA changed Resident #2's brief without wearing a gown. On 08/18/2025 at 4:05 p.m., an interview was conducted with S2CNA.
She confirmed Resident #2 had a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube.
She further confirmed she did not wear the appropriate PPE while performing incontinent care and should have. On 08/20/2025 at 11:59 a.m., an interview was conducted with S1DON.
She confirmed she would expect staff to wear the appropriate PPE when providing incontinent care to a resident with a PEG tube.
Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided.
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