Avantara Norton
AVANTARA NORTON in SIOUX FALLS, SD — inspection on December 30, 2025.
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
Review of the provider's elopement drills that were first initiated on 7/31/25 through 11/27/25 and the 9/16/25 -9/17/25 Staff In-Service Sheets revealed that all staff were educated on the provider's elopement policy, the binders, and the residents who were currently at risk for elopement.
Review of the provider's elopement policy that was last revised on 5/14/25 revealed:*Policy-The facility must take steps to keep the resident safe and assess residents to identify those who are at risk for elopement.
Facility personnel must investigate all reports of missing residents.
Elopement drills should be conducted monthly. *Procedures-1.
Each resident will be evaluated upon admission to ascertain elopement risk.
Care plan interventions will be initiated based on results.
Elopement evaluations will be completed upon admission, readmission, significant change, and quarterly.
Additionally, the evaluation will be completed should a resident have an elopement.-2. It is the responsibility of all personnel to report any resident attempting to leave the premises or suspected of going missing to the charge nurse immediately. A resident who has been evaluated as safe for leave of absence (LOA) should have a physician's order and sign out before leaving the facility.- .4.
Upon return of the resident to the facility, the Director of Nursing or charge nurse should:--a.
Examine the resident for injuries.--b.
Contact the attending physician and report what happened.--c.
Contact the resident's representative and inform him/her of the incident.--d.
Complete an incident report in the Risk Management section of PointClickCare (PCC).--e.
Make appropriate notations in the resident's medical record and update the care plan.--f.
Complete the Elopement Risk Evaluation UDA.
- The provider's 7/31/25 implemented actions to ensure the deficient practice does not reoccur was
confirmed on 12/30/25 after record review revealed the facility had followed their quality assurance process, education was provided to all staff regarding resident elopements, all staff were educated on elopements, interviews revealed staff understood the education provided regarding those topics, observations revealed that staff are present at the front entrance when residents are present to ensure safety, and review of the provider's weekly and monthly elopement drills, and follow up elopement risk assessments revealed substantial compliance.
Based on the above information, noncompliance at F-F689 occurred on 7/26/25 and 9/12/25, and the provider's 7/31/25 and 9/12/25 and implemented corrective actions for the deficient practice confirmed on 12/30/25.
The noncompliance is considered past noncompliance.
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12/30/2025
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Avantara Norton
3600 South Norton Avenue Sioux Falls, SD 57105
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Review of the provider's 11/18/25 Hot Liquid Safety policy revealed that staff should serve the hot beverages between 140 and 155 degrees.
Hot liquid temperatures should be taken and recorded at every meal and/or when prepared to ensure the temperature is within the above parameters before being served.15.
The provider's 12/19/25 implemented actions to ensure the deficient practice does not reoccur was confirmed on 12/30/25 after record review revealed the facility had followed their quality assurance process, education was provided to dietary staff regarding acceptable serving temperatures, all staff were educated on hot liquid safety, interviews revealed staff understood the education provided regarding those topics, observations revealed that the dietary staff appropriately adjusted the temperature of the food to ensure safety, and a review of the provider's follow-up monitoring process revealed substantial compliance.Based on the above information, noncompliance at F-F804 occurred on 12/19/25, and the provider's 12/19/25 implemented corrective actions for the deficient practice confirmed on 12/30/25, the noncompliance is considered past noncompliance.
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