Briar Hill Rest Home
BRIAR HILL REST HOME in FLORENCE, MS — inspection on May 28, 2026.
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
Observation revealed that Resident #5 had to get off her bed and it took Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #1 two minutes and moved the bed several times for LPN #1 to retrieve the call lights from under the resident's bed.
During observation when asked if call lights should be in residents' reach, LPN #1 stated, It's not like we don't know that.On 5/28/26 at 4:10 PM, observation revealed that both Resident #4 and Resident #9's call lights were out of their reach.
Both call lights were on the floor under the wall mounted call light receptacle (where the call light cord plugs into the wall).On 5/28/26 at 4:15 PM, observation revealed Resident #6 was resting on her bed, and her call light was not within her reach.
Both call lights were coiled up on the floor under the wall mounted call light receptacle.
Her roommate was not in the room.On 5/28/26 at 4:20 PM, observation and interview revealed the Director of Nursing (DON) confirmed that the call light for Resident #7 was not within the resident's reach.
The DON placed the call light in her reach. On 5/28/26 at 4:30 PM, interview with LPN #1 revealed he stated that he was aware that it was the responsibility of the nursing staff to ensure each resident had their call light within their reach. He confirmed that he was assigned to the care for all residents in the locked dementia unit on 5/28/26 from 7:00 AM through 7:00 PM and they did not have their call lights within their reach. He stated, I know about keeping call lights in reach, it's a safety risk if they need to get help. He confirmed that he had to struggle to retrieve the call lights for both residents in Resident #5 and Resident #8's room.On 5/28/26 at 4:39 PM, during an interview the DON revealed that it is the responsibility of all staff to ensure that each resident had their call light within reach to summon assistance as needed.On 5/28/26 at 4:45 PM, interview with Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) #4 revealed she was assigned to the care of residents on the locked dementia unit and that she was aware that all residents in their rooms should have their call lights within reach.On 5/28/26 at 5:00 PM, interview with the Administrator revealed she expected each resident to have their call light within reach, the department heads and nurses to monitor for correct call light placement and that the call light placement was important for residents as it was their means to summon assistance as needed.
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LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER TITLE (X6) DATE REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
255303 05/28/2026
Briar Hill Rest Home 1201 Gunter Road Florence, MS 39073
and the public.
functional, and sanitary environment for residents as evidenced by failing to maintain sharps
Included:
Record review of the facility policy Sharps Container Policy, undated, revealed The facility will utilize sharp container as follows: For disposal of all sharp items, (not all inclusive) .Lancets.Sealed with tape and dated when disposed of.
The facility policy did not address when or how often the sharps containers should be emptied. On 5/28/26 at 3:40 PM, during an observation and interview the Director of Nursing (DON) revealed the sharps container in the shower room on the locked dementia unit was full to the point of being unable to be opened and there were three uncapped used aqua-blue disposable razors on the top of the container.
The DON confirmed that the sharps container should have been properly disposed of and replaced with a new one and that the razors on top of the container could pose a potential safety hazard to residents.
She said that it was the responsibility of the Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) to report the full sharps container to the nurses and the responsibility of the nurses to monitor the containers and replace them as needed.On 5/28/26 at 4:15 PM, observation revealed the sharps' container on the medication cart for the locked dementia unit was full to the point of being unable to be opened.
The sharps containers in shower room were overfilled to the point of being unusable with three used, unsheathed disposable razors atop the sharp's container in the shower room. On 5/28/26 at 4:30 PM, interview with Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #1 revealed that the sharps' container on the medication cart was full to maximum capacity. He reported that there were two residents that required routine blood glucose monitoring on the unit and that the lancets used to obtain blood specimen would need to be disposed of in a sharps' container. He stated that the sharps' container on the medication cart was not an option because it was so full it could no longer be opened.
Concerning the lancets used for glucose monitoring he stated, they would be thrown in the sharps' container, but obviously not this one because you can't open it. On 5/28/26 at 4:45 PM, interview with CNA #4 confirmed that she was assigned to the care of residents on the locked dementia unit and that residents on the unit used the shower room.On 5/28/26 at 5:00 PM, interview with the Administrator revealed she expected staff to provide for the safety of residents in the shower room and anywhere sharps' containers were located, dispose of them as needed and confirmed that leaving uncapped/unsheathed disposable razors on top of the sharps' container in the locked dementia unit shower room could pose a safety hazard for residents.
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