F 0773
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the
results.
Based on medical record review, staff interview and review of facility policy, the facility failed to ensure
timely provider notification of critical laboratory (lab) values. This affected three (#53, #68, and #86) of four
residents reviewed for laboratory services. The facility census was 85.
Findings include:
1. Review of the medical record for Resident #86 revealed an admission date of 09/25/24. Diagnoses
included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cerebral infraction (stroke), malnutrition, anxiety
and depression.
Review of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment, dated 03/17/25, revealed Resident #86 had intact
cognition. The assessment indicated the resident was incontinent of bladder.
Review of the care plan, dated 03/17/25, revealed Resident #86 was receiving antibiotic therapy.
Interventions included administering antibiotic and observing for side effects and signs and symptoms of
infection.
Review of the lab service final report dated 03/21/25 at 5:49 P.M. revealed the urine culture resulted
positive for Enterococcus faecalis, an organism that causes urinary tract infections (UTI).
Review of the physician orders revealed on 03/25/25, an order for penicillin v potassium 500 milligram (mg),
administered every eight hours to treat UTI (four days after lab results were receiving indicating the resident
had a UTI).
Review of the Medication Administration Record (MAR) for March 2025 confirmed penicillin v potassium
500 mg was administered from 03/25/25 through 04/02/25 at ordered.
2. Review of the medical record for Resident #53 revealed an admission date of 05/24/16. Diagnoses
included Alzheimer, depression, anxiety, and gout.
Review of the MDS assessment, dated 02/23/25, revealed Resident #86 had impaired cognition and was
dependent on staff for toileting. The assessment indicated the resident was incontinent of bladder.
Review of the care plan, dated 02/23/25, revealed Resident #86 had an infection related to a UTI.
Interventions included administering an antibiotic and observing for side effects and signs and symptoms of
infection.
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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
365623
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
04/09/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Lake Pointe Health Care
3364 Kolbe Rd
Lorain, OH 44053
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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F 0773
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Review of the lab service final report, dated 03/14/25, revealed the urine culture resulted positive for
Escherichia coli (E coli), an organism that causes UTIs.
Review of the physicians orders revealed on 03/18/25, an order for sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim
(antibiotic) 800 mg-500 mg, administered every eight hours to treat a UTI (ordered four days after the lab
results indicated the resident had a UTI).
Review of the MAR for March 2025 confirmed sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim 800 mg-100 mg was
administered from 03/18/25 through 03/25/25 as ordered.
3. Review of the medical record for Resident #68 revealed an admission date of 04/05/25. Diagnoses
included acute kidney failure, paraplegia, Cushing's syndrome, cerebral infarction, stroke, and retention of
urine.
Review of the MDS assessment, dated 02/10/25, revealed Resident #68 had intact cognition and was
dependent on staff for toileting. The assessment indicated the resident was incontinent of bladder.
Review of the after-visit emergency room (ER) summary, dated 03/11/25, revealed Resident #68 had labs
completed, which included urinalysis with reflex to culture (confirms the presence of a UTI).
Review of the physicians orders revealed on 03/18/25, an order to administer
sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim 800 mg-100 mg every 12 hours for a UTI for seven days.
Review of the MAR for March 2025 confirmed sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim 800 mg-100 mg was
administered from 03/18/25 through 03/24/25 (ordered seven days after labs indicated the resident had a
UTI).
Interview on 04/09/25 at 11:00 A.M. with the Director of Nursing (DON) verified there was a lapse in time
from when the urine cultures were resulted to when the physician ordered antibiotics to treat UTIs for
Resident #86, Resident #53, and Resident #68. The DON confirmed Resident #86 and Resident #53's
urinalysis results were received on a Friday and were not addressed until the next week. The DON stated
the facility had physicians on-call during the weekend to address lab results. The DON stated Resident
#68's labs were completed when she went out to the ER and confirmed the facility did not follow-up until the
concern was brought to their attention, at which time the Nurse Practitioner (NP) looked up the lab report
and ordered the antibiotic to treat Resident #68's UTI.
Review of the facility policy titled, Laboratory and Radiological Services Result Reporting, undated,
revealed that there are clinical and physiological risk when laboratory, radiology, or other diagnostic
services are not performed in a timely manner or the results of these services are not reported and acted
upon quickly. Delays may adversely affect a resident's diagnosis, treatment assessment and intervention.
Nurses will have a sense of urgency for reporting critical labs and radiological findings to the ordering
prescriber and document reporting of such items in the progress notes.
This deficiency represents non-compliance investigated under Complaint Number OH0016377.
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