Inspection Reports for Riverside Rest Home

276 COUNTY FARM ROAD, DOVER, NH, 03820

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Deficiencies (last 3 years)

Deficiencies (over 3 years) 2.3 deficiencies/year

Deficiencies are regulatory violations found during state inspections.

44% better than New Hampshire average
New Hampshire average: 4.1 deficiencies/year

Deficiencies per year

4 3 2 1 0
2022
2024
2025

Inspection Report

Routine
Deficiencies: 4 Date: Feb 12, 2025

Visit Reason
The inspection was conducted to assess compliance with professional standards of quality in medication administration, drug storage, laboratory services, and infection prevention and control in the nursing facility.

Findings
The facility was found deficient in multiple areas including failure to follow professional standards for medication administration, failure to remove expired medications from stock, failure to follow physician orders for timely laboratory services, and failure to implement infection control policies for contact precautions during a suspected Norovirus outbreak.

Deficiencies (4)
Failed to follow professional standard for medication administration by leaving medications unattended with a resident with severe cognitive impairment.
Failed to ensure expired medications were removed from stock in medication rooms.
Failed to follow physician orders for timely laboratory services for a resident on psychotropic medication.
Failed to implement infection control policies for contact precautions for residents during a Norovirus outbreak.
Report Facts
Residents observed for medication administration: 7 Medication rooms observed: 3 Residents reviewed for psychotropic medication side effects: 31 Residents reviewed for transmission based precautions: 31 BIMS score: 2 Medication doses: 15 Medication doses: 17 Medication doses: 75 Medication doses: 650 Discard date of expired medication: Feb 7, 2025 Physician order date: Feb 5, 2025 Lab test date: Feb 6, 2025

Employees mentioned
NameTitleContext
Licensed Practical NurseStaff D observed preparing and administering medication improperly to Resident #84
Registered NurseStaff A confirmed expired medication found in Unit 4 medication room
Licensed Practical NurseStaff H confirmed physician orders for Resident #143's labs
Assistant Director of NursingStaff O confirmed labs for Resident #143 had not been obtained
Unit AideStaff E failed to follow contact precautions for Resident #113
Registered NurseStaff A confirmed contact precautions for Resident #113
Licensed Nursing AssistantStaff K delivered food to Resident #113 without wearing gown
Licensed Nursing AssistantStaff L and Staff M failed to wear appropriate PPE for Resident #113
Licensed Nursing AssistantStaff B unaware of gown requirement for contact precautions for Resident #13
Infection PreventionistStaff I confirmed outbreak and infection control practices

Inspection Report

Deficiencies: 2 Date: Jan 11, 2024

Visit Reason
The inspection was conducted to assess compliance with medication labeling and storage regulations in the facility.

Findings
The facility failed to ensure accurate labeling of resident medications in one of four medication carts and failed to discard expired medications in one of three medication rooms observed. Specific issues included prepoured medications without identifiers and a Tuberculin Purified Protein Derivative vial kept beyond the recommended usage period.

Deficiencies (2)
Medications in one medication cart were prepoured without resident and medication identifiers.
Expired Tuberculin Purified Protein Derivative vial was not discarded after the 30-day usage period.
Report Facts
Medication carts observed: 4 Medication rooms observed: 3 Residents affected: 2

Inspection Report

Deficiencies: 1 Date: Dec 16, 2022

Visit Reason
The inspection was conducted to evaluate compliance with professional standards of quality in the nursing facility, specifically regarding adherence to physician's orders for medication administration via tube feeding.

Findings
The facility failed to follow physician's orders for one resident during tube feeding medication administration by not administering the required 200 ml water flush before and after the feeding as ordered.

Deficiencies (1)
Failure to follow physician's orders for tube feeding medication administration by not administering the 200 ml water flush before and after each bolus feed via gastrostomy tube.
Report Facts
Residents affected: 1 Water flush volume: 200 Feeding times: 4

Employees mentioned
NameTitleContext
Registered NurseStaff A who administered feeding without water flush and confirmed findings

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