Dexter Health Care
Dexter Health Care in Dexter, ME — inspection on May 27, 2026.
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
dressing changes every 48 hours for 1 of 2 residents reviewed for wound vac care (Resident #1
stated the facility called on 5/4/26 asking for wound vac supplies because they had none and that the wound vac dressing changes had not been done as of 5/4/26.
The LMSW stated on 4/22/26, she discussed the resident retuning to the facility with a wound vac on 4/30/26.
The LMSW indicated the last wound vac dressing change was completed on 4/29/26.On 4/27/26, a review of R1's clinical record was completed. R1 was admitted to the facility on [DATE].
Documentation on R1's hospital Discharge summary, dated [DATE], indicated the resident had a physician's order for wound vac dressing changes every 48 hours.A review of R1's Treatment Administration Record (TAR), indicated that R1 had the first dressing change done on 5/5/26.
What would have been scheduled wound vac dressing changes on 5/1/26 and 5/3/26 were not coded as being done.On 5/27/26 at 12:35 p.m., in an interview with the surveyor, the Administrator confirmed that the physician order to change the wound vac dressing every 48 hours did not occur on what would have been the change dates of 5/1/26 and 5/3/26.
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