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 ensure care and services were provided in accordance with
professional standards of practice for one of two residents (Resident 1) when:
Residents Affected - Few
1. The facility did not follow their own policy for diabetes (blood sugar higher than normal) management;
and
2. The facility did not follow the physician's order.
These failures had the potential to compromise residents' care and well-being.
Findings:
Review of Resident 1's clinical record indicated Resident 1 was admitted on [DATE] and had diagnoses
including type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM II-a disorder characterized by difficulty in blood sugar control and
poor wound healing) without complications, chronic
kidney disease (a disease characterized by progressive damage and loss of function in the kidney), fracture
of second cervical
vertebra (a broken bone of second bone in the neck), and traumatic subdural hemorrhage (a condition
where blood collects between
the skull and the brain's outer covering caused by head trauma).
Review of Resident 1's physician's order, dated 2/16/25, indicated Lantus Subcutaneous solution (an
insulin to lower blood sugar)
100 unit/ml inject 20 unit subcutaneously at bedtime for DM II, hold for BG (blood glucose) < 100.
Review of Resident 1's February 2025 Medication Administration Record (MAR) indicated blood sugar was
checked once a day at
bedtime for Lantus administration. The MAR indicated Resident 1's blood sugar (BS) at 9 p.m. was: 99
milligrams per deciliter
(mg/dL, a unit of measure) on 2/16/25; 89 mg/dL on 2/17/25; 380 mg/dL on 2/18/25; 346 mg/dL on
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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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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
555090
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
04/16/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Pacific Coast Post Acute
720 East Romie Lane
Salinas, CA 93901
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 0684
2/19/25; 395 mg/dL on 2/20/25; 399
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
mg/dL on 2/21/25.
Residents Affected - Few
Review of the facility's Diabetes-Clinical Protocol, dated 2001, indicated, for the resident receiving insulin
who is well controlled:
monitor blood glucose levels twice a day if on insulin.
During an interview and record review with the director of nursing (DON) on 4/16/25, at 10:10 a.m., she
confirmed that Resident1's
BS was checked once a day at bedtime and stated it was not consistent with the facility's policy titled
Diabetes-Clinical Protocol.
During an interview and record review with the director of staff development (DSD) on 4/16/25, at 10:20
a.m., she confirmed that
there was no documentation indicating the physician was notified of BS increase to 380 mg/dL on 2/18/25
from 89 mg/dL on 2/17/25.
The DSD verified that Resident 1's BS monitoring once a day at bedtime was not consistent with the
facility's policy titled Diabetes-Clinical Protocol. The DSD acknowledged the resident's BS monitoring
should have been consistent with the facility
policy.
Review of Resident 1's physician's order, dated 2/16/25, indicated monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 (an
infectious disease caused
by the coronavirus), every shift for possible COVID exposure, If yes to any symptom, temperature greater
than 100.0 F (Fahrenheit, a
scale of temperature) and/or oxygen saturation (O2 sat, a measurement of how much oxygen is being
carried by the red blood cells in
the blood) lower than 94 % RA (room air), notify MD (medical doctor) and initiate einteract COC (a form for
change of condition).
Review of Resident 1's February 2025 MAR indicated Resident 1's O2 sat was: 90% on 2/16/25 on night
shift; 91% on 2/17/25 on night shift; 90% on 2/18/25 on day shift and evening shift; 91% on 2/19/25 on night
shift; 93 % on 2/20/25 on night shift; and 91%
on 2/21/25 on day shift.
Review of Resident 1's progress note, there was no evidence the physician was notified when Resident 1's
O2 sat was lower than 94
% on above shifts.
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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
555090
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
04/16/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Pacific Coast Post Acute
720 East Romie Lane
Salinas, CA 93901
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 0684
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Review of Resident 1's Health status note, dated 2/22/25, indicated Resident 1's O2 sat was 78% RA and
BG was 588 mg/dL. The
note further indicated Resident 1 was hypoxic (low level of oxygen in the body tissues) and hyperglycemic
(high blood) and
Residents Affected - Few
transferred to hospital.
During an interview and record review with the DSD on 4/16/25, at 10:30 a.m., she confirmed that there
was no documentation indicating the physician was notified when Resident 1's O2 sat was lower than 94%
RA. The DSD acknowledged that the physician
should have been notified when Resident1's O2 sat was lower than 94% RA as ordered.
During a review of the facility's policy and procedure (P&P) titled Diabetes-Clinical Protocol, dated 2001,
the P&P indicated,
Monitoring and Follow-Up: 3) for the resident receiving insulin who is well controlled: monitor blood glucose
levels twice a day if
on insulin. Adjust monitoring frequency depending on glucose control .
During a review of the facility's policy and procedure (P&P) titled Change in a Resident's Condition or
Status, dated 2001, the P&P
indicated, 1. The nurse will notify the resident's attending physician or physician on call when there has
been a(an): d. significant
change in the resident's physical/emotional/mental condition; e. need to alter the resident's medical
treatment significantly; i. specific instruction to notify the physician of changes in the resident's condition.
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