F 0684
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
interview and record review, the facility failed to follow physician's hospital discharge order and apply a
wound vac and coordinate care for an abdominal wound for 1 (R2) of 4 residents reviewed for quality of
care/treatment in the sample of 4.
Residents Affected - Few
Findings include:
R2's Face Sheet documents he was initially admitted to the facility on [DATE] post recent abdominal
surgery, multiple ostomies and lower bowel ishchemia.
R2's Hospital Discharge Paperwork, dated 12/4/2024 documents R2 is to have a wound vac to abdominal
wound to be restarted on 12/4/2024.
R2's Health Status Note, dated 12/5/2024 at 12:11 AM, documents wound vac ordered.
R2's Nurtritional Progress Note, dated 12/5/2024 at 2:21 PM, documents open surgical abdominal wound
has order for wound vac.
R2's Physician's Order Sheet (POS) dated 12/2024 documents a physician's order for 12/5/2024 External
Debridement Ointment apply to abdomen topically two times a day for dressing change cleanse wound with
wound cleanser apply santyl to base of wound gently pack with Dakins moistened kerlex cover with ABD
(abdomen) pad and midipore tape change BID (twice a day) and PRN (as needed) use this order if wound
vac is off.
R2's Medication Administration Record (MAR) dated 12/5/2024 through 12/12/2024 staff documented the
above physician's treatment order was administered to R2's abdominal wound.
R2's POS, dated 12/11/2024 documents a physician's order cut white foam to fill wound bed cut black foam
to fit over white foam and apply - abdomen, check wound vac for proper functioning. Setting maintain at 125
mmHg, change wound vac dressing 3 times per week and PRN (when necessary) or malfunction and
change wound vac canister weekly and PRN filling.
R2's Treatement Adminstration Record dated 12/12/2024 staff documented the wound vac was applied and
started per physicians orders dated 12/11/2024.
On 1/14/2025 at 1:45 PM, V16 Wound Nurse, LPN stated when R2 was initially admitted to the facility she
read on his hospital discharge paperwork that he was to have a wound vac on his abdominal wound but
she spoke with V15, Wound Care Specialist and he said to discontinue the wound vac order and to
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Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other
safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the
date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided. For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date
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Event ID:
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No. 0938-0391
Department of Health & Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
145651
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
01/15/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
LA Bella of Alton
3490 Humbert Road
Alton, IL 62002
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
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F 0684
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
apply a specific dressing to the wound. She started the specific dressing the day after R2 was admitted to
the facility and V15 assessed the wound on 12/10/2024 and the wound was smaller and was showing
improvement so V15 stated to keep the wound vac order discontinued. R2 told her that he was supposed to
wear a wound vac and she again discussed it with V15 but he stated since the wound was healing and
getting smaller he confirmed R2 didn't need a wound vac.
Residents Affected - Few
On 1/14/2025 at 10:45 AM, V2 Director of Nurses (DON) stated R2 was an emergency admission from the
emergency room (ER) and he wasn't admitted with abdominal wound physician's orders so the facility
wound specialist gave orders for a treatment and that was administered until there was clarification on the
wound vac and then it was administered. V2 stated she didn't know how many days it was that R2 didn't
have a wound vac on at the facility and wasn't sure why the hospital discharge paperwork that she reviewed
didn't document that R2 was to have a wound vac but that she expected staff to read the hospital discharge
paperwork and to communicate with nursing what the physician's discharge orders were to ensure they are
followed. V2 stated she always expects staff to follow physician's orders no matter if the orders came from
the hospital or a physician at the facility. V2 stated all treatment orders should be documented on the TAR
but sometimes they accidentally go on the MAR.
On 1/14/2025 at 3:37 PM V15 stated when R2 was admitted to the facility V16 communicated to him that
there was an physician's order from the hospital discharge paperwork that he should have a wound vac on
this abdominal wound. It was V15's understanding that R2 wasn't being followed by a wound care specialist
for the abdominal wound so he discontinued the wound vac order because he ordered a different treatment
and when he initially assessed the wound the second week of December 2024 the abdominal wound was
getting smaller and showed improvement so he again stated not to start a wound vac. Then R2 went to an
outside physician's appointment he returned to the facility with a wound vac order and the wound vac was
placed on 12/12/2024. No harm was done and the abdominal wound was healing and getting smaller so in
his professional opinion a wound vac wasn't needed for this abdominal wound.
The Facility's Medication and Treatment Orders Policy, revised July 2016, documents orders for medications
and treatments will be consistent with principles of safe and effective order writing.
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