Based on observations, interviews, medical record reviews, facility's policies and product information, Employee Identifier (EI) #5, a Licensed Practical Nurse, failed to sanitize the glucometer (a portable instrument used to measure blood glucose levels) used on multiple diabetic residents for accucheck/fingerstick blood sugar testing between each resident use. In addition, EI #3, a LPN failed to clean a glucometer after use with an appropriate sanitizing agent as dictated by the facility's policy and product information sheet. During the medication pass observation on 04/17/12 beginning at 4:10 PM, EI #5 utilized one glucometer to test six residents (RI #16, RI #17, RI #18, RI #19, RI #23 and RI #24) without cleaning the device between resident use. …
F441 citations in Alabama
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Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
No F441 citations were recorded in Alabama for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
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What Alabama surveyors wrote
F441 findings written in Alabama, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
Based on observations, staff interviews and a record review of a facility's policy titled, Blood Glucose Monitoring- Fingerstick (Germicidal Cleaning of Glucose Monitor), the facility failed to ensure: 1. A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) wore gloves while performing a fingerstick blood sugar check on Resident Identifier (RI) #31 during observation of medication administration; This affected one of one resident's sampled who received a finger stick blood sugar, and 2. A hospice CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) did not transport soiled bed linens down the hall in a plastic bag. …
Based on observation, interviews, a review of the Food and Drug Administration Food Code regulations and the facility policy related to Standard Precautions, and a review of the facility's policy titled, Standard Precautions, the facility failed to ensure residents were not exposed to the potential of cross contamination through the use of communal catsup and mustard containers. Squeeze bottles of these condiments were taken room-to-room for resident use during meal delivery. This had the potential to affect 130 residents for whom meals were prepared and served at the time of this survey. …
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