By Walter F. Roche Jr.
A 64-bed hospital in Fayette County has been cited by state Health Department surveyors for an assortment of violations including a lack of environmental controls and improper storage of surgical supplies.
The citations were issued as part of a Medicare recertification review for the Highlands Hospital. The review was conducted from Sept. 21 to Sept. 23.
The report recently made public also faults the facility for failing to notify the state when it instituted a new service under a contract with a third party, Suburban Imaging Associates LLC.
In addition, according to the report, the hospital failed to notify the state that the facility had received a notice that its water service was being terminated.
The hospital did file a plan of correction in which it promised to correct the deficiencies, including the replacement of missing or damaged floor and ceiling tiles in the pharmacy area.
Hospital officials did not respond to questions about the report.
The hospital "failed to maintain the facility in a safe and sanitary condition for pharmacy workers," the report states.
another deficiency was actually witnessed by a state surveyor: an employee administered an injection to a patient's left buttock without wearing gloves.
The hospital also failed to conduct required annual reviews of contracted services and failed to document that patients were given copies of the hospital's Patients Bill of Rights.
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