F 0686
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
record review, staff interview, observation, and review of the facility policy, the facility failed to follow the
physician's order to treat the resident's pressure wounds and failed to routinely assess the resident's
pressure wounds. This affected one (Resident #11) of three residents reviewed for pressure wounds. The
facility identified eight residents with pressure ulcers. The facility census was 29.
Residents Affected - Few
Findings include:
Review of the medical record revealed Resident #11 had an admission date of 07/29/24. Diagnoses
included chronic systolic heart failure, vertebra osteomyelitis, and Parkinson's disease. Review of the
admission Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE] revealed Resident #11 was cognitively
impaired.
Review of the skin only evaluation dated 07/29/24 revealed Resident #11 had the following skin concerns:
left heel, buttocks excoriation, right buttocks medial, back excoriation, right elbow skin tear not painful, right
and left lower legs discoloration, and right shin tear. There were no measurements or description of the
wounds.
Review of the plan of care dated 07/29/24 revealed Resident #11 was at risk for potential for skin
breakdown related to bowel incontinence, catheter tubing in use, decreased mobility, previous issues with
Moisture Associated Skin Damage (MASD) on right inner buttocks, stage III pressure injury (Full thickness
tissue loss. Subcutaneous fat may be visible, but bone, tendon or muscle is not exposed) to the left heel.
Deep tissue injury (purple or maroon area of discolored intact skin due to damage or underlying soft tissue)
to right buttocks, yeast under right and left arm. Many refusals of care and treatment to be completed.
On 08/06/24, a wound consultant assessed Resident #11's wounds and included the following pressure
areas: right buttock was a deep tissue injury (DTI) and showed deterioration. Left heel stage III smaller in
size.
Resident #11 was discharged to the hospital on [DATE] and returned to the facility on [DATE].
Review of the skin only evaluation dated 08/15/24 revealed Resident #11 had wounds which included the
following: left heel (DTI), right heel (DTI), right buttock (marked as open lesion), and left buttock (marked as
open lesion). There were no measurements or descriptions of the wounds.
Resident #11 was discharged to the hospital on [DATE] and returned to the facility on [DATE].
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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
366053
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
09/16/2024
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Berkeley Square Retirement Cen
100 Berkeley Drive
Hamilton, OH 45013
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 0686
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Review of the skin only evaluation dated 08/27/24 revealed Resident #11 had wounds which included the
following: back had excoriation, coccyx (open area), left heel (DTI), and right heel (redness). There were no
measurements or descriptions of the wounds.
Resident #11 was discharged to the hospital on [DATE] and returned to the facility on [DATE].
Residents Affected - Few
Review of the skin only evaluation dated 09/03/24 revealed Resident #11 had wounds which included
coccyx (open area), left heel (DTI), right heel (redness), and back (excoriation).
Review of the Resident #11's wound measurements dated 09/10/24 revealed the right lateral buttocks
measured 2.5 centimeter (cm) in length by 2.5 cm in width by 0.1 cm in depth, right inner buttocks
measured 3.5 cm by 2.5 cm by 0.1 cm, left lateral buttocks measured 1.0 cm by 1.0 cm by 0.1 cm, and the
left inner buttocks measured 1.2 cm by 0.5 cm by 0.1 cm.
Review of the physician order dated 09/12/24 revealed Resident #11 had an order to clean with normal
saline then apply Remedy Calazime paste 0.4-20.5% to the two open areas on the left buttocks topically
daily on day shift. Cover with Optifoam gentle dressing. The order dated 09/12/24 stated to cleanse the two
open areas on the right buttocks with normal saline and apply Triad Hydrophillic Wound Dress External
Paste. Cover with Optifoam gentle dressing.
Interview on 09/12/24 at 3:00 P.M. with the Director of Nursing (DON) verified the facility should have had
wound assessments upon admission, and readmission from the hospital for Resident #11 on 07/29/24,
08/15/24, and 08/27/24. The DON verified the facility only completed skin assessments with measurements
and description of the wounds for Resident #11 on 09/03/24 and 09/10/24.
Observation and interview on 09/16/24 at 2:00 P.M. revealed Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #345 and
State Tested Nurse Aid (STNA) #277 provided wound care to Resident #11. LPN #345 removed Resident
#11's ABD dressing to the right and left buttocks and the treatment was Hydrofero Blue (antibacterial,
non-cytotoxic wound care product) dressing under the ABD dressing. LPN #345 confirmed Hydrofero Blue
was not ordered for Resident #11's right and left buttocks wound treatment.
Review of the facility policy titled Skin: Prevention, Detection and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers dated
08/2024 revealed to prevent pressures sores was to have early detection of potential or actual pressure
ulcer sites. Assessments of pressure ulcers included type of ulcer pressure or not, the ulcer stage, ulcer's
characteristics, progress toward healing or complications, presence of infection, presence and treatment of
pain, and presence and type of dressing and treatment.
Review of the facility policy titled Wound Treatment Protocol dated 10/2023 revealed the policy was to
establish immediate treatment of non-intact skin, protocols in treating different levels of wounds, and to
enhance the healing process of non-intact skin. Continue to describe the wound thoroughly included:
wound bed, drainage, peri wound in the skin assessment, and document the specific area being treated in
the order set upon admission.
This deficiency represents non-compliance investigated under Complaint Number OH00156890.
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