Department of Health & Human Services

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Form Approved

OMB No. 0938-0391

Statement of Deficiencies (X1) Provider/Supplier/CLIA Identification Number 531311 (X3) Date Survey Completed 11/17/2011
Name of Provider or Supplier Crook County Hospital Street Address, City, State 713 Oak Street, Sundance, WY
For information on the provider's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the provider or the state survey agency.
(X4) ID Prefix Tag Summary Statement of Deficiencies

(Each deficiency should be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
C0225 MAINTENANCE
CFR(s): 485.623(b)(4)

[The CAH has housekeeping and preventive maintenance programs to ensure that- the premises are clean and orderly;


This STANDARD is not met as evidenced by:
Based on observation and staff interview, the facility failed to provide a clean and safe environment in 1 of 1 laundry rooms and in 1 of 1 patient bathing rooms. The findings were: Observation on 11/15/11 at 1:48 PM revealed the following concerns: a. The small area (approximately 3 feet by 3 feet) behind the clothes dryer in the laundry room was accessed by the main corridor door to allow servicing of the dryer. However, the area was littered with an inch build-up of lint. An operational 220 volt electrical outlet located on the wall serviced the dryer. b. The wall in the patients' bathing room shower area had two "L" shaped metal brackets that jutted 3 inchs out into the room. They were attached to the wall approximately 5 feet off the floor directly over a patient shower bench and presented a safety hazard to patients. c. Interview with the facility operations manager at the time of the observations confirmed the above findings.