F 0836
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Many
Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in
compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted
professional standards.
Based on a review of the results of facility water testing for safe drinking water and interviews with
laboratory staff and facility staff it was determined the facility failed to comply with requirements from the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Pennsylvania
Drinking Water Information System (PADWIS) in conjunction with the Title 25 Pa. Code Chapter 109
Subchapter C Monitoring Requirements relating to Title 40, Code of Federal regulations 40 CFR.
Findings included:
According to the PADWIS the facility received violations regarding the failure to monitor/report routine
samples for specific contaminates for 30 types of contaminates resulting in a violation for each contaminant
on July 23, 2024.
Interview with the Certified Water Systems Operator/Laboratory Director on July 26, 2024, at 10:30 AM
revealed that the facility was required to have SOC (synthetic organic chemical) testing of their drinking
water. The SOC samples were to be performed once every three years during the second quarter of the
year. The Lab Director stated that the SOC testing was not completed because the facility did not submit
payment for the tests.
A review of the facility laboratory results of water testing for the SOC tests revealed that they were last
performed on April 20, 2021. As of July 26, 2024, the facility was overdue for the required 2024 SOC testing
of the facility's drinking water.
Interview with the facility's Chief Operating officer via telephone on July 26, 2024 at 12:30 PM revealed that
the facility was making payments to the laboratory for outstanding balances and did not submit an
additional payment for the required tests.
According to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Title 25 Pa. Code § 109.301. General monitoring
requirements:
(B) The Department may decrease the quarterly monitoring requirement specified in clause (A) provided it
has determined that the system is reliably and consistently below the MCL. For an initial detection of a
SOC, the Department will not make this determination until the water system obtains results from a
minimum of four consecutive quarterly samples that are reliably and consistently below the MCL.
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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.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER
REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
TITLE
(X6) DATE
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Event ID:
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Form Approved OMB
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
395466
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
07/26/2024
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Milford Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
264 Route 6 & 209
Milford, PA 18337
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
(X4) ID PREFIX TAG
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
(Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0836
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Many
(iii) Repeat monitoring for SOC's that are not detected. For entry points at which SOC's are not detected
during the first year of quarterly monitoring, the required monitoring is reduced to one sample in each
3-year compliance period for systems serving 3,300 or fewer persons and to 2 consecutive quarterly
samples in each compliance period for systems serving more than 3,300 persons. Reduced monitoring
shall be conducted at 3-year intervals from the year of required initial VOC monitoring, in accordance with
paragraph (5)(ii).
The facility failed to comply with Federal, State and Local Laws regarding the timely completion of required
drinking water testing to ensure the water was free from contaminants and safe for resident consumption
and use in the facility.
28 Pa. Code 201.14 (a)(g) Responsibility of licensee.
28 Pa. Code 201.18 (b)(3)(e)(1)(2) Management.
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
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