Charlotte Hall Veterans Home
Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in CHARLOTTE HALL, MD — inspection on April 4, 2025.
Found 2 citations. 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
Review of facility's Code Purple timeline and documentation revealed on 4/29/24 the cooling tower which serviced the A and B wings was taken out of service for scheduled maintenance and which impacted Resident #9's unit (3A). On 4/30/2024, outside temperatures rose and portable cooling units were unable to keep up with the demand to keep the building cool.
After temperatures above 81 degrees were recorded for more than four hours, a Code Purple was enacted at 4:00 PM on 4/30/24.
Upon request, the facility could not provide temperature monitoring/logs from 4/30/24 and prior to 4:30 PM on 5/1/24.
From 4:30 PM on 5/1/24 until 10:30 AM on 5/2/24, hourly temperatures were recorded during 18 opportunities on unit 3A; of the 18 recorded temperatures, 16 of the temperatures recorded to be above 81 degrees. On 5/1/24 temperatures in the evening hours on Unit 3A reached over 90 degrees.
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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES (X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA (X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION (X3) DATE SURVEY AND PLAN OF CORRECTION IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: COMPLETED A.
Building 215161 B.
Wing 04/04/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Charlotte Hall Veterans Home 29449 Charlotte Hall Road Charlotte Hall, MD 20622
Review of facility's Code Purple timeline and documentation revealed the following:
On 4/29/24 the cooling tower which serviced the A and B wings was taken out of service for scheduled maintenance.
Since this was a planned outage, portable cooling units had been rented and placed on the impacted wings.
On 4/30/2024, outside temperatures rose and the portable units on the units were unable to keep up with the demand to keep the building cool.
After temperatures in the building were above 81 degrees for more than four hours in the building a Code Purple was enacted at 4:00 PM.
Maintenance and security staff were assigned to check/monitor temperatures for the impacted areas.
Upon request, the facility could not provide temperature monitoring logs from 4/30/24 and prior to 4:30 PM on 5/1/24.
Review of temperatures logs from 4:30 PM on 5/1/24 until 10:30 AM on 5/2/24, revealed hourly temperatures were recorded to be consistently above 81 degrees on the 2nd and 3rd floor care units on the A and B wings.
On 5/1/24 at 9:18 AM, the facility notified the County EMA of the Code Purple.
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Form Approved OMB
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES (X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA (X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION (X3) DATE SURVEY AND PLAN OF CORRECTION IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: COMPLETED A.
Building 215161 B.
Wing 04/04/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Charlotte Hall Veterans Home 29449 Charlotte Hall Road Charlotte Hall, MD 20622