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| Fire Drills and Emergency Preparedness.
(B) The plan shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
1. A phased response ranging from relocation of residents to an immediate area within the facility; relocation to an area of refuge, if applicable; or to total building evacuation. This phased response part of the plan shall be consistent with the direction of the local fire unit or state fire marshal and appropriate for the fire or emergency;
2. Written instructions for evacuation of each floor including evacuation to areas of refuge, if applicable, and a floor plan showing the location of exits, fire alarm pull stations, fire extinguishers, and any areas of refuge;
3. Evacuating residents, if necessary, from an area of refuge to a point of safety outside the building;
4. The location of any additional water sources on the property such as cisterns, wells, lagoons, ponds, or creeks;
5. Procedures for the safety and comfort of residents evacuated;
6. Staffing assignments;
7. Instructions for staff to call the fire department or other outside emergency services;
8. Instructions for staff to call alternative resource(s) for housing residents, if necessary;
9. Administrative staff responsibilities; and
10. Designation of a staff member to be responsible for accounting for all residents ' whereabouts. II/III
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7/1/2025
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| The facility shall screen residents and staff for tuberculosis as required for long-term care facilities by 19 CSR 20-20.100. II
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7/1/2025
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| There shall be written documentation maintained in the facility showing actual hours worked by each employee. III
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7/1/2025
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| Influenza and pneumococcal polysaccharide immunizations may be administered per physician-approved facility policy after assessment for contraindications.
(A) The facility shall develop a policy that provides recommendations and assessment parameters for the administration of such immunizations. The policy shall be approved by the facility medical director for facilities having a medical director, or by each resident ' s attending physician for facilities that do not have a medical director, and shall include the requirements to:
1. Provide education regarding the potential benefits and side effects of the immunization to each resident or the resident ' s designee or legally authorized representative; II/III
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7/1/2025
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| A pharmacist or registered nurse shall review the medication regimen of each resident. This shall be done at least every three (3) months in a residential care facility. The review shall be performed in the facility and shall include, but shall not be limited to, indication for use, dose, possible medication interactions and medication/food interactions, contraindications, adverse reactions and a review of the medication system utilized by the facility. Irregularities and concerns shall be reported in writing to the resident ' s physician and to the administrator/manager. If after thirty (30) days, there is no action taken by a resident ' s physician and significant concerns continue regarding a resident ' s or residents ' medication order(s), the administrator/manager shall contact or recontact the physician to determine if he or she received the information and if there are any new instructions. II/III
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7/1/2025
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| At all times, including while being stored, prepared, displayed, served or transported to or from the facility, food shall be protected from potential contamination, including dust, insects, rodents, unclean equipment and utensils, unnecessary handling, coughs and sneezes, flooding, drainage and overhead leakage or overhead drippage from condensation. The temperature of potentially hazardous food shall be forty-five degrees Fahrenheit (45��F) or below or one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (140��F) or above at all times, except as otherwise provided in this section. In the event of a fire, flood, power outage or similar event that might result in the contamination of food, or that might prevent potentially hazardous food from being held at required temperatures, the person in charge shall immediately contact the Department of Health and Senior Services (the department). Upon receiving notice of this occurrence, the department shall take whatever action that it deems necessary to protect the residents. II/III
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7/1/2025
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