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25 | An informal virtual meeting was held with administrator, Virginia Garcia, assistant administrator, Lori Lackey and Wellness Director, Rocio Gonzalez. Due to the situation surrounding the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and to implement mitigation measures, today’s meeting was conducted telephonically. Present for the meeting were Regional Manager (RM) Araceli Ramirez, Licensing Program Manager (LPM) Adeline Ho and Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Tony Vasallo. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the ongoing compliance issues at the facility regarding Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use and COVID-19 policies and procedures.
Pasadena Public Health (PPH) has physically visited the facility several times during the COVID-19 pandemic and has noted that staff are using PPE's improperly. Our department has also conducted virtual tours and have observed staff using PPE's improperly. Also during the virtual tour the administrator has mentioned staff have been written up or suspended for not using the PPE's properly. Administrator indicated staff have been trained regarding PPE's approximately 7 times since the beginning of the pandemic. Also discussed were the documents submitted to PPH regarding admission policies and in-service training. The facility has submitted the documents to PPH several times for approval and they have not been approved due to being incomplete or in the wrong format.
Administrator was notified that deficiencies will be issued due to the constant issues regarding PPE's and incomplete documents submitted to PPH. The deficiencies are documented on the attached 809D.
A telephonic exit interview was conducted with Virginia Garcia, and a hard copy was provided via email for signature along with appeal rights.
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