Monday, November 27, 2006

Anderson Guest House cited for August violation

It hasn't been mentioned in the articles I have seen in the Globe, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Associated Press, and the New York Times, but the Anderson Guest House was cited for a Class 1 Violation, the most serious type, in August 2006, according to the Missouri Coalition for Quality Care website.
According to the site, the citation was because "the facility staff failed to maintain comfortable and safe temperatures inside the facility during the time a local, excessive heat warning had been issued by the National Weather Service."

A Class I violation, as defined by the Department of Health and Senior Services, is:

"A violation which presents either an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare of any resident or a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm would result. This is the most severe classification of State deficiencies. If an inspection results in any Class I violations, inspectors will revisit the facility within 20 days."

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