Essentia Health Virginia Care Cent
ESSENTIA HEALTH VIRGINIA CARE CENT in VIRGINIA, MN — inspection on March 26, 2026.
Found 3 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
During an observation on 3/23/26 at 2:13 p.m., two tylenol were observed in a medicine cup sitting on R5's bedside table along with a second medicine cup which held four tums, and a bottle of tums.
During a second observation on 3/25/26 at 2:09 p.m., 4 tums were again observed in a medicine cup, along with the bottle of tums on R5's bedside table. No staff were present.
During an interview on 3/25/26 at 2:10 p.m., licensed practical nurse (LPN)-A stated if medications were left at bedside there needed to be an order to leave them at bedside, an order for the medication that is left at beside, and the SAM needed to be fill out and would indicate the resident wanted to self-administer medication and the resident was safe to self-administer medications along with leaving them at bedside.
During an interview on 3/26/26 at 8:11a.m., the director of nursing stated an expectation of orders in place and the SAM filled out prior to medications being left at resident bedside.Facility policy Medication Self-Administration last reviewed 9/4/25, indicated medication would never be left unattended with a resident without appropirate assessment and order for self-administration.
245458 03/26/2026
Essentia Health Virginia Care Cent 901 9th Street North Virginia, MN 55792
serve food in accordance with professional standards.
observation and interview, the facility failed to date opened products, dispose of expired products,
could understand.
This deficient practice had the potential to affect all 15 residents who received food from facility kitchen.Findings include:During the initial kitchen tour on 3/23/26 at 1:27 p.m., nutrition services manager (NSM) stated products were dated when opened.
The following was observed during the tour:Dry storage:6 cans of pasta sauce had no discernible expiration date.6 cans of tomato paste had no discernible expiration date.5 cans of carrots had an expiration date of 12/28/25.Cold storage:In cooler 3, there was an open, undated half gallon of heavy cream.In freezer 1, beef stew tray had no expiration date.Kitchen cooking line:Small fridge on kitchen line had an open, undated liquid egg carton.7 open, undated spices. In addition, there were no discernable expiration dates on the spices.Resident dining room on 3rd floor:Open, undated ketchup bottles on 9 tables. In addition, there were no discernable expiration dates on the bottles.
During an interview on 3/24/26 at 1:26 p.m., cook (C)-A stated they discard canned goods when beyond the expiration date. C-A was unable to locate the pasta sauce and tomato cans and stated they would need to ask their supervisor to determine the expiration date.
During an interview on 3/24/26 at 1:39 p.m., NSM stated the canned goods in dry storage had [NAME] dates on them and stated they had to look them up on computer.
NSM's expectation was that staff would discard expired products but confirmed that the products had not been dated in a way that staff could identify the expiration date.
They stated there was no facility process to identify an expiration date (in [NAME] calendar format) for products that were delivered with a [NAME] calendar expiration date. NSM stated the concern with not discarding expired food was the potential for residents to become sick if it was served.
During an interview on 3/25/26 at 2:07 p.m., the facility administrator stated the kitchen monitors expiration dates until it comes to the dining room or nursing kitchenette.
They expect foods would be discarded when expired.Facility Food Storage Chart - Food Storage Guidelines, revised 4/7/25, identifies the following product discard after opening guidelines:cream - refrigerate 3 - 4 dayscatsup - open 1 monthground spices - 6 monthsFacility food storage policy requested but not received.
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.
For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER TITLE (X6) DATE REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
245458 03/26/2026
Essentia Health Virginia Care Cent 901 9th Street North Virginia, MN 55792
gown and gloves were not worn in a contact isolation room.
The DON confirmed that R11 was on
The facility process Contact Precautions dated 9/21/23, indicated staff were required to put on an