Burgh Care Center
BURGH CARE CENTER in PITTSBURGH, PA — inspection on April 5, 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 the facility policy Handwashing/Hand Hygiene last reviewed 9/18/24, indicate the facility considers hand hygiene the primary means to prevent the spread of infection.
All personnel shall follow the handwashing/hand hygiene procedures to help prevent the spread of infections to other personal, residents, and visitors.
Review of the CDC (Center for disease control) Fact Sheet Enhanced Barrier Precaution indicates everyone must clean their hands, including before entering and when leaving the room.
Providers and staff must also wear gloves and a gown for the following high contact activities including but not inclusive to providing hygiene, changing briefs or assisting with toileting, device care or use: central line, urinary catheter, feeding tube, tracheostomy and wound care: any skin opening requiring a dressing.
Review of the Respiratory Virus Outbreak Toolkit dated 11/14/25, indicated sick health care personnel should stay home until they are fever free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication.
Test anyone showing signs or symptoms of a respiratory illness.
Droplet precautions should be implemented for a resident diagnosed with influenza. An outbreak is considered over' when 14 days have passed since the last resident tested positive or became symptomatic (if no positive test).
Any new infections in a resident would restart the 14-day countdown.
Upon identification of an outbreak, a line list is completed to collect information about all ill cases (residents and staff).
Each ill resident or staff member's information should be entered and information should be updated daily during the outbreak for all cases.
Review of the facility policy Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) - Identification and Management of Ill Residents dated 9/18/24, revealed the infection preventionist is responsible for establishing and overseeing screening and monitoring efforts.
All surveillance findings are collected and reviewed daily by the infection preventionist.
Review of the facility policy Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) - Testing Staff dated 9/18/24, staff are instructed to report symptoms of COVID-19 for further management and test as soon as possible.
During an outbreak testing approaches may consist of contact tracing or facility-wide testing.
395883
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 395883 B.
Wing 04/05/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Burgh Care Center 909 West Street Pittsburgh, PA 15221