Carriage Square Rehab And Healthcare Center
CARRIAGE SQUARE REHAB AND HEALTHCARE CENTER in SAINT JOSEPH, MO — inspection on November 3, 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
Review of Resident #3's Quarterly MDS, dated [DATE], showed:-The resident was always incontinent of bowel and bladder.-The resident required assistance with personal cares and hygiene.Review the resident's Care Plan, revised 6/26/25, showed:-The resident required assistance from nursing staff to perform personal hygiene cares.-The resident had a potential for impairment to his/her skin due to incontinence of bowel and bladder.-The resident was dependent on staff for meeting emotional, physical, and psychosocial needs.Observation on 11/3/25 at 11:34 A.M. showed:-CNA A and CNA B provided perineal care to Resident #3.-CNA A used a wet wipe to clean down the right side of the perineal area, folded the contaminated urine-soaked wipe, then used the folded wipe to clean down the right side of the perineal area.-After perineal care was provided to the resident, CNA A put a new incontinent brief on the resident wearing the same gloves that were used to provide perineal care.
During an interview on 11/3/25 at 11:43 A.M. CNA A said, when performing perineal care, he/she cleans down one side of the perineal area then will fold the wipe and clean the other side of the perineal area with the same wipe. He/she will then get a new wipe to clean the middle of the resident's perineal area.
During an interview on 11/3/25 at 1:00 P.M.
Certified Medication Technician (CMT) A said:-When performing perineal care, a wipe is to be used once then discarded.-After performing perineal care on a resident, he/she will change gloves before getting a resident dressed.
During an interview on 11/3/25 at 2:04 P.M. CNA B said:Wipes are to be used once and then thrown away when performing perineal care on residents.Gloves are to be changed after cleaning a resident and before putting clean clothes on a resident.
During an interview on 11/3/25 at 2:40 P.M.
The Director of Nursing (DON) said staff are to use a wipe once when providing perineal care then get a new wipe to continue cleaning the resident, using each wipe once.Intake 2652352Intake 2652388
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