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NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
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IDYLWOOD CARE CENTER
1002 W Fremont Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
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INITIAL COMMENTS
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The following reflects the findings of the
California Department of Public Health during
an abbreviated survey regarding investigation
of a complaint conducted on 8/23/17, 8/24/17,
8/28/17 to 8/30/17, and 9/8/17.
For Complaint CA00549356 regarding Quality
of Care/Treatment, a federal deficiency was
identified (see F281) with a Scope and Severity
of "G". In addition, a Class "B" Citation was
identified.
Inspection was limited to the specific complaint
investigated and does not represent the
findings of a full inspection of the facility.
Representing the California Department of
Public Health: 37409, Health Facilities
Evaluator Nurse.
F281
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SERVICES PROVIDED MEET
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
CFR(s): 483.21(b)(3)(i)
F281
10/03/2017
(b)(3) Comprehensive Care Plans
The services provided or arranged by the
facility, as outlined by the comprehensive care
plan, must(i) Meet professional standards of quality.
This REQUIREMENT is not met as evidenced
by:
Based on interview and record review, the
facility failed to follow the physician's order to
administer laxatives (substances designed to
loosen stools and increase bowel movements)
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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 these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued
program participation.
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Sunnyvale, CA 94087
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and to notify the physician for one of three
sampled residents (1) when Resident 1 did not
have a bowel movement for six consecutive
days. These failures resulted in sending
Resident 1 to an acute care with a fecal
impaction incident with fecal disimpaction
(manually removal of feces).
Findings:
Review of Resident 1's admission record
indicated Resident 1 was admitted on 3/11/16
with diagnoses including dementia (a chronic or
persistent disorder of the mental processes
marked by memory disorders, personality
changes, and impaired reasoning), chronic
kidney disease, schizoaffective disorder (a
chronic mental health condition characterized
primarily by hallucinations or delusions, mania
and depression) and depressive disorder (a
mental disorder characterized by sadness
severe enough or persistent enough to interfere
with function and often by decreased interest or
pleasure in activities).
Review of the Minimum Data Set (MDS, an
assessment tool), dated 7/25/17, indicated
Resident 1 was not ambulatory, and was
incontinent of urine and bowel.
Review of Resident 1's physician orders, dated
8/2017, indicated Resident 1 had orders dated
3/11/16 for mirtazapine (a medication used to
treat depression) 15 milligrams (mg, a metric
unit of mass) at bedtime, clozapine (a
medication used to treat schizoaffective
disorder) 100 mg at bedtime, dated 9/27/16,
olanzapine (a medication used to treat
schizoaffective disorder) 10 mg at bedtime,
dated 5/1/17, and olanzapine 2.5 mg every
day, dated 6/22/17. Resident 1 also had orders
for monitoring side effects of these three
medications, such as constipation, dated
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1002 W Fremont Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
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3/11/16.
Review of Resident 1's care plan, dated
3/30/17, indicated Resident 1 had the
potential/risk for constipation due to dementia,
limited physical mobility, and use of
psychotropic medications (medication capable
of affecting the mind, emotions, and behavior).
During an interview with the Registered
Dietitian (RD) on 8/24/17 at 2 p.m., she stated
Resident 1 had poor bowel movement, so she
recommended adding fiber blend (a dietary
supplement that helps with the regularity of
bowel movements) and Hyfiber (a medical food
that provides the nutrients for the dietary
management of constipation, hard stools, and
irregularity) to his diet for bowel regularity.
Review of Resident 1's physician orders, dated
8/2017, indicated Resident 1 had an order for
fiber blend, 2 ounces (oz, a unit of weight),
three times a day, dated 7/10/16, and Hyfiber,
1 oz ,three times a day, dated 7/26/17.
Resident 1 also had an order for Milk of
Magnesia (MOM, a medication used to treat
constipation) 30 milliliters (ml, a metric unit of
volume) every 24 hours as needed for
constipation; Dulcolax suppository (a
medication used to treat constipation), 10 mg
as needed if MOM was ineffective, and Fleet
Enema (a medication used to relieve
constipation) 7-19 grams (g, a metric unit of
mass)/118 ml every 24 hours as needed if the
Dulcolax suppository was ineffective.
Review of Resident 1's Transfer Discharge
Notice, dated 8/14/17, indicated Resident 1
was sent to the hospital for difficulty breathing
at 3:46 p.m.
Review of Resident 1's Emergency Department
(ED) Provider Notes, dated 8/14/17, at 4:13
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p.m., indicated Resident 1 had a markedly
distended abdomen. Resident 1's computed
tomography (CT, the use of computerprocessed combinations of many X-ray
measurements taken from different angles to
produce cross-sectional images of specific
areas, allowing the user to see inside the object
without cutting) of the abdomen and pelvis
indicated Resident 1 had diffuse colonic
distention without volvulus and with prominent
fecal retention in the distal colon and rectum.
The ED physician recommend and the resident
was sent to surgery on 8/14/17 for severe
dilation and bowel ischemia (a restriction in
blood supply to tissues in the bowels) due to
chronic constipation.
Review of Resident 1's Full Operative Report,
created on 8/15/17 at 7:29 a.m., indicated
Resident 1 went through an exploratory
laparotomy (a surgical operation where the
abdomen is opened and the abdominal organs
examined for injury or disease), sigmoid
colectomy with end colostomy and fecal
disimpaction. According to the Full Operative
Report, "The most remarkable finding was a
massively distended left colon...with the colon
packed completely full of stool."
The facility policy and procedure titled, "Bowel
Care, Managing constipation", revision dated
9/1/13, indicated "Residents/clients are
assisted to prevent and relieve bowel
constipation or impaction. Upon written order
from the physician, the following protocol shall
be followed to provide adequate elimination of
the bowels for residents/clients who require
assistance ... Licensed nurses monitor
resident/client bowel movements daily with
assistance of certified nursing assistants.
Bowel care protocol will be indicated for those
who have not had a bowel movement in the
past three days as follows (per physician
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order):
A. The licensed nurse will administer 30 ml of
MOM per physician order (recommend evening
shift).
B. If no results from MOM by the end of the
subsequent shift (i.e., night shift), the licensed
nurse will administer a Dulcolax suppository
per physician order.
C. If no results from a suppository by
subsequent shift (i.e., morning shift), the
licensed nurse will give resident a Fleet Enema
per physician order. If no results from Fleet
Enema by the end of the same shift, the
licensed nurse will check for a possible fecal
impaction.
If the current bowel care orders are not
sufficient to maintain regular evacuation of the
bowels, contact the physician to discuss further
interventions that may be needed ..."
Review of Resident 1's Bowel Elimination
Report for 7/2017 and 8/2017 indicated from
7/31/17 to 8/14/17, within those 15 days, there
were 10 days Resident 1 did not have a bowel
movement. In addition, Resident 1 did not
have a bowel movement for six consecutive
days from 7/31/17 to 8/5/17.
Review of Resident 1's Medication
Administration Record (MAR) for 8/2017
indicated from 7/31/17 to 8/5/17, MOM was
given to Resident 1 on 8/3/17 at 6 p.m. by
licensed vocational nurse A (LVN A) which was
ineffective. The Dulcolax suppository was not
given until 8/5/17 at 9:30 a.m. by a morning
nurse, which was ineffective. MOM, rather
than a Fleet Enema was given on 8/5/17 at
6:57 p.m. by registered nurse B (RN B), and it
was ineffective.
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During an interview with LVN A on 8/28/17 at
3:40 p.m., he stated he should have given
Resident 1 MOM on 8/2/17 instead of 8/3/17
since Resident 1 did not have a bowel
movement since 7/31/17. On 8/29/17 at 12:20
p.m., LVN A stated after he gave Resident 1
MOM on 8/3/17 which was ineffective, and if
the subsequent shifts did not give Resident 1 a
Dulcolax suppository, he should have given it
to him on 8/4/17. LVN A stated he did not
inform the physician about Resident 1's
constipation.
During an interview with LVN C on 8/29/17 at
11:50 p.m., she stated after LVN A gave
Resident 1 MOM on 8/3/17 at 6 p.m., which
was ineffective, she did not give Resident 1
Dulcolax suppository because she did not know
LVN A gave him MOM. LVN C stated she did
not give Resident 1 the Dulcolax suppository
on 8/4/17 either because she did not know the
previous shifts did not give it to him. LVN C
stated she did not check for a fecal compaction
in Resident 1 and did not call the physician
because she did not know Resident 1 was
constipated.
During an interview with LVN D on 8/29/17 at
11:05 a.m., she stated after LVN A gave
Resident 1 MOM on 8/3/17 at 6 p.m., which
was ineffective and LVN C did not give him the
Dulcolax suppository on the night shift, she
should have followed up and given Resident 1
the Dulcolax suppository on 8/4/17. LVN D
stated she did not check Resident 1's Bowel
Elimination Report and did not call the
physician.
During an interview with RN B on 8/29/17 at
3:10 p.m., she stated after a morning nurse
gave Resident 1 a Dulcolax suppository on
8/5/17 at 9:30 a.m. which was ineffective, she
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should have given Resident 1 a Fleet Enema
instead of MOM. RN B stated she did not
know Resident 1 did not have a bowel
movement for six consecutive days, so she did
not check for a fecal compaction for Resident 1
and did not notify the physician.
During an interview with Resident 1's physician
on 8/30/17 at 2:20 p.m., she stated she came
to the facility to visit Resident 1 on 8/9/17, but
she was not notified about Resident 1's
constipation. Resident 1's physician stated the
licensed nurses should have informed her
about this issue, and if she knew she would
have examined Resident 1 and ordered lab
tests.
During an interview with the director of nursing
(DON) on 8/30/17 at 2:50 p.m., she reviewed
Resident 1's MAR for 8/2017 and Bowel
Elimination Report for 7/2017 and 8/2017, and
she stated the licensed nurses did not follow
the facility's policy on bowel management.
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