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The discrepancies stretched across at least four residents and nearly six weeks.

IV therapy is not a low-stakes procedure.

The failure came to light during a complaint inspection on August 26, 2025.

The August 21 complaint inspection turned up a single deficiency, tagged F0812 and rated at the level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm.

Inspectors who visited Wheaton Franciscan HC — Terrace at St.

When a registered nurse on staff was asked whether plastic silverware was normal, she said it wasn't.

No resident was documented as harmed.

The inspection, conducted on August 21, 2025, was triggered by a complaint.

The citation, tagged F0755, was assigned a harm level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm.

The citation, issued under regulatory tag F0686, was one of 14 deficiencies inspectors documented during the complaint inspection conducted on August 20, 2025.

Inspectors classified the violation as isolated, with no actual harm documented but with potential for more than minimal harm to residents.

Federal health inspectors cited the facility for exactly that failure during a complaint inspection completed August 20, 2025.