Good Samaritan Society - Blackduck
Good Samaritan Society - Blackduck in BLACKDUCK, MN — inspection on June 13, 2024.
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
During a phone interview on 6/13/24 at 8:39 a.m., the facility's infection preventionist lead (IP) stated her corporate role involved creating facility policies, updating those policies, acting as a resource for facilities to interpret guidance and/or to train new infection prevention nurses to their role.
The IP was aware the director of nursing (DON) was responsible for the facility's infection prevention program but was unaware the DON had been out of the facility for an extended period of time when the duties were delegated to registered nurse (RN)-A nor that RN-A had formally taken over the program in June of 2024. RN-A was not on the IP's list for training.
Between 1/1/24 and 6/13/24, the IP and DON had emailed communication regarding employee illness and return to work criteria and the facility's vaccination program.
The IP could not recall the facility reaching out for guidance regarding resident illness, isolation recommendations, and/or questions regarding expectations of duties.
During an interview on 6/13/24 at 8:49 a.m., with the DON and RN-A , RN-A stated the only training she had received to take over the IP program was the corporate annual inservice trainings that were required by all staff and the CDC Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training.
The DON stated that RN-A had not been provided training but had the ability to call the DON with questions.
During an interview on 6/13/24 at 1:14 p.m., the administrator stated he was aware the DON was previously responsible for the facility's infection prevention progam, and had required intermittent leave from the facility.
They had delegated infection prevention responsiblities to registered nurse (RN)-A.
The administrator stated an infection prevention dashboard was presented at the quality assurance meetings and, because of this, the administrator assumed all the required infection prevention tasks were completed as expected.
However, there was no plan or process to ensure RN-A received training and/or support in her new role.
The administrator stated there was disconnect between where RN-A was in her understanding of infection prevention and where RN-A really was.
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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 245600 B.
Wing 06/13/2024
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Good Samaritan Society - Blackduck 172 Summit Avenue West Blackduck, MN 56630