Disease outbreak check·April 26, 2024

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Sabrina Calzada arrived unannounced to conduct a case management inspection following the facility reporting an infectious outbreak. LPA met with Henry Cole, Administrator and stated the reason for the inspection. On 4/25/24, the Administrator reported to the Department by phone that (1) resident and (2) staff had become infected. An incident report was submitted later in the day on 4/25/24 reporting the (1) resident was placed on quarantine, cleaning protocols were initiated and physician ordered treatment had begun. The Administrator stated there is strong evidence the outbreak was initiated from hospice personnel who visited the infected resident just prior to the first case, and the first staff to be infected was observed to have interacted with the hospice staff. The Administrator followed up with the Department on 4/26/24 to confirm that the county public health department has determined it to be an outbreak, and specific information for each case was being provided to them. LPA was notified of a confirmed third staff case and two additional suspected staff cases. All cases are being treated for the same outbreak. Residents and their families were notified and provided with prevention and control guidelines for the infection. During today's inspection, LPA toured the affected area of the facility with the Memory Care Director and observed an PPE cart to be outside the resident's room. Additionally, the facility created a hand-washing station inside a vacant resident room and a staff room exclusively on the memory care side. The facility immediately took precautionary measures and followed their Infection Control Plan which included isolating the resident and staff (at home), use of PPE, increased and more frequent disinfection, and hand sanitizing and staff training. The facility will send in a follow up incident report on the staff cases. Three staff are expected to clear on Monday, 4/29/24. There are no deficiencies issued in this report. Exit interview. Copy of report provided to the Administrator.