Prairie Acres

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Prairie Acres, in the surveyor’s own words.

• Actual harm, isolatedF689May 30, 2024

  Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews the facility failed to ensure each resident receives adequate supervision and assistance devices to prevent accidents for 1 (Resident 35) of 12 residents reviewed for accidents. On 05/20/24 the facility failed to provide adequate supervision and assistance devices for Resident #35 and he had an unwitnessed fall which resulted in a broken left hip. This failure could place residents at risk of injury or harm. Findings Included: Record review of Resident #35's admission record dated 05/30/24 revealed an [AGE] year-old male originally admitted to the facility 03/29/23 with a most recent admitted [DATE]. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812May 30, 2024

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with the professional standards for food service safety for 1 of 1 kitchen reviewed for kitchen sanitation. 1. The facility failed to ensure freezer items were properly stored, labeled, and dated. 2. The facility failed to ensure walk-in refrigerator items were stored, labeled, and dated. 3. The facility failed to ensure pantry foods were properly stored, labeled, and dated. These failures could place residents who ate food served by the kitchen at risk of food-borne illness. Findings include: Observation of the walk-in pantry on 05/28/24 at 9:12 AM revealed the following: 1. (1) Package of opened bread, with no label or date. 2. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Jan 6, 2022

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to store, prepare, and serve food under sanitary conditions in one of one kitchen when they failed to: A. Ensure foods were stored, prepared and served under sanitary conditions. B. Failed to ensure expired foods were discarded. These failures may increase the resident's risk for foodborne illness. Findings include: In an observation on [DATE] at 09:57 AM, on initial kitchen rounds in the refrigerator, the following: 1.A large container labeled double strength fortified milk dated [DATE]. In an observation on [DATE] at 03:02 PM, the following issues in the large pantry were observed: 1. 2 boxes of pullman wheat bread labeled keep frozen by manufacturer on box was sitting at room temperature 2. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Dec 17, 2021

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to store, prepare, and serve food under sanitary conditions in the facility's only kitchen when they failed to: A. Ensure foods were stored, prepared and served under sanitary conditions. B. Ensure hairnets were worn. This failure placed residents who ate food served by the kitchen at risk of cross contamination and food-borne illness. Findings include: In an observation and interview of the kitchen on 12/17/21 at 10:19 AM the DM's hair was not covered by a hairnet while she was in the facility kitchen performing kitchen duties and preparing food for the lunch meal. The DM had a hair net covering the back of her head but not the front of her hair. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF880May 30, 2024

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to maintain an infection prevention and control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections for 4 (LVN C, CNA E, NA G, and CNA F) of 5 staff members in that: -LVN C did not don PPE to administer medication via PEG tube to Resident #91 -LVN C did not perform hand hygiene or change gloves in between dirty and clean portions of wound care for Resident #5. -CNA E did not perform hand hygiene before, during, or after incontinent care of Resident #24. -NA G did not perform hand hygiene before, during, or after incontinent care of Resident #24. […]