Clinic Details
Planned Parenthood – Norwich
12 Case Street, Norwich, CT
- The facility did not have appropriate credentials for the abortion provider’s on file
- No history and physical on patients before surgical procedures
- Consents for surgical procedures were signed by a medical assistant and not by a physician. Informed consent must be obtained by the one performing the procedure, not the one assisting.
- There were two bags of soiled laundry being stored in the recovery area and they had been there for 5 days.
- Sterile instruments were being stored in the dirty decontamination area. Multiple boxes and supplies were being stored in the dirty decontamination area.
- Sterilization logs for instruments that are used from woman to woman were not complete. There was no way of tracking the instruments and following up to maintain infection control.
- The facility administrator could not provide inspectors with fire safety documentation for alarms, sprinklers, lights and extinguishers.
Report 2015
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