F 0880
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure an infection prevention and control
program designed to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases was
established and maintained for infection control related to COVID-19 (a virus that is spread from person to
person causing mild to severe respiratory symptoms) for 16 of 18 residents reviewed.
Residents Affected - Some
Multiple asymptomatic residents tested positive for COVID-19 after dietary staff tested positive for
COVID-19, by not taking preventative measures.
This failure has the potential to affect residents by placing them at an increased and unnecessary risk of
exposure to communicable diseases and infections, particularly COVID-19.
Findings include:
Record review of Resident #1's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 6/14/23 with a
BIMS of 6 and diagnoses which included: Dementia, kidney disease, and hypertension.
Record review of Resident #2's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 1/28/22 with a
BIMS of 5 and diagnoses which included: heat disease, kidney disease, dementia, and type 2 diabetes.
Record review of Resident #3's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 11/14/20 with a
BIMS of 6 and diagnoses which included: Anemia, type 2 diabetes, osteomyelitis.
Record review of Resident #4's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 10/18/21 with a
BIMS of 11 and diagnoses which included: anemia, heart failure, and shortness of breath.
Record review of Resident #5's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 1/10/23 with a
BIMS of 14 and diagnoses which included: multiple sclerosis, muscle weakness, and anorexia.
Record review of Resident #6's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 3/10/23 with a
BIMS of 6 and diagnoses which included: necrosis of amputation stump, cellulitis of left lower limb, and
peripheral vascular disease.
Record review of Resident #7's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 8/17/23 with a
BIMS of 6 and diagnoses which included: fall from one level to another, altered mental status, and
hypothyroidism.
Record review of Resident #8's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 4/1/22 with
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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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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
675319
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
11/15/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Deleon Nursing and Rehabilitation
809 E Navarro
DE Leon, TX 76444
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
(Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0880
a BIMS of 12 and diagnoses which included: Heart failure, edema, and urinary tract infection.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Record review of Resident #9's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 5/12/23 with a
BIMS of 7 and diagnoses which included: fracture to neck, history of falling, and muscle wasting.
Residents Affected - Some
Record review of Resident #10's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 10/7/20 with a
BIMS of 14 and diagnoses which included: heart failure, hypertension, and anxiety disorder.
Record review of Resident #11's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 1/16/23 with a
BIMS of 4 and diagnoses which included: heart disease, weakness, hypertension.
Record review of Resident #12's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 8/28/23 with a
BIMS of 4 and diagnoses which included: type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dementia.
Record review of Resident #13's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 10/18/23 with a
BIMS of 4 and diagnoses which included: heart failure, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension.
Record review of Resident #14's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 5/10/21 with a
BIMS of 3 and diagnoses which included: muscle wasting, dementia, hypothyroidism.
Record review of Resident #15's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 6/6/23 with a
BIMS of 13 and diagnoses which included: dementia, weakness, and Alzheimer's disease.
Record review of Resident #16's face sheet dated 10/15/23 revealed an admission date of 4/26/22 with a
BIMS of 5 and diagnoses which included: Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and anxiety disorder.
Record review of Facilities Infection Control Employee Testing:
11/1/23 DM A tested positive for covid-19
11/6/23 DA B tested positive for covid-19
11/6/23 DA C tested positive for covid-19
11/9/23 DA D tested positive for covid-19
11/10/23 2-CNA's tested positive the facility started testing all of the residents which at this time, 16
resident came back positive.
Record review of Facilities Covid tracking of all positive residents dated 11/10/23 revealed all residents
were asymptomatic, with none of the residents having to be sent out of the facility.
During an interview, on 11/15/23 at 12:25 pm, the DON stated that she is the infection preventionist and
based on the facility's policy they look at testing residents through root cause analysis and see if an
employee had been in direct contract such as an aide or nurse; then those residents would be tested. She
stated that when the Dietary Manager did test positive, she did not believe residents needed to be tested
because they should have been following proper hand hygiene and cooking the food to the correct
temperature resulting in not spreading to the infection to the residents. She
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Event ID:
Facility ID:
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Printed: 05/15/2026
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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
675319
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
11/15/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Deleon Nursing and Rehabilitation
809 E Navarro
DE Leon, TX 76444
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 0880
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
stated that when the two other dietary employees tested positive that were also kitchen, she should have
probably started to test residents at that point, but once again, did not because they were not direct care
employees.
Attempted to contact the Medical Director on 11/15/23 at 11:45 AM, no answer, left message.
Residents Affected - Some
During an interview on 11/15/23 at 12:15 pm DM A stated she went to work the morning of 11/1/23 but was
not feeling well. She stated after working a few hours she tested for covid-19, and it came back positive, so
she went home. She stated that she was not 100% sure that residents should have been tested at that
point, and it's the Administrator's call at that point. She stated that her employees started to wear masks
because she tested positive. She stated that on 11/6/23 two of her employees tested positive. She stated
that in her opinion, at that point, the residents should have probably been tested, but once again that is not
her call to make.
During an interview on 11/15/23 at 12:45 pm the ADON stated she felt they had covid-19 contained in the
kitchen. She stated that 11/1/23 the manager tested positive but not until 11/6/23 did the other employees
in the kitchen test positive. She stated that is why they did not test residents.
During an interview on 11/15/23 at 11:15 AM the Administrator stated they had 16 covid-19 positive
residents in the facility. She stated she believed based on the facility's infection control tracking; the
residents got sick during their Halloween party which took place on 10/30/23. She stated the first employee
tested positive on 11/1/23. She stated the employee was the dietary manager. She stated because DM A is
not direct care staff, she did not test anyone except the dietary staff.
Attempted to contact the Medical Director on 11/15/23 at 2:45 AM, no answer, left message.
Record review on facility's outbreak control policy dated 3/2023 revealed: It is important that facility know
how to recognize and contain infectious outbreaks. An outbreak is typically one or more of the following.
-occurrence of three or more cases of the same infection over a month on the same unit or other defined
area.
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