Findings of HRS October 3, 1989:
—The entire physical plant from the entrance, examining rooms, surgical suite, recovery room, bathrooms, lab room, offices, sterilizer room and storage rooms is filthy.
— Old dirty mops were found leaning against walls in the bathroom and sterilizer room.
— A large, dead cockroach was found on the counter in the sterilizing room.
— Men’s old socks were found on shelves in the recovery room.
— After the procedures, patients lie on one of seven old, torn, ripped, and flat examining tables that are lined up next to each other in a back room of the clinic.
—The gloves they reported as sterile were open and not sterile.
—Gauze pads that were stained yellow were found recently sterilized and packaged for use.
—There was no hot water available in the clinic including the surgical suite, recovery room, or the bathrooms.
—None of the three bathrooms nor the sink in the recovery room had any soap.
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