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Maggots found in catheter of nursing home resident, contracted urinary tract infection
Posted 6 years ago
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The nursing home Capital Health And Rehabilitation Center in Little Rock, Arkansas has a 1/5 star overall rating, "Much Below Average", on the Medicare.gov listing.  And there is a reason for it.

A report from the Department of Health and Human Services found very unhealthy confiditions:

The survey found the nursing home “failed to ensure necessary care and services were provided for hygiene and urinary catheter maintenance” for one resident who had an indwelling catheter.

According to the documents, nurses said, “They [maggots] were, like, going inside his penis. It’s just gross. Nasty. I’m not going to say it was a handful, but it was a lot. They were little.”

The report said that resident, who is completely dependent on others, then contracted a urinary tract infection.

However, maggots were not the only things lurking where they shouldn’t be.

“The flies were real bad down there,” a nurse said in the report. “We had fly swatters. I have killed a couple of flies in his room and one was under the covers. But I didn’t think anything about that.”

The same survey found the nursing home also “failed to ensure adequate supervision… interventions… and increased monitoring” for a 92-year-old resident with dementia who requires total supervision.

Via: KRON4, "Maggots found in catheter of nursing home resident"

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