This facility lost a $3 million lawsuit to former facility Director and Employee of the Year, Mayra Rodriguez, in a major whistleblower case.

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• Medical records review revealed that patient had an adverse reaction (severely low blood pressure) to sedation and it was not reported to the abortionist or medical director. The RN administering the sedation had no advanced prescribing privileges, in other words, she was not licensed to be administering the meds. 2 abortionists had no record of current CPR training.
• Expired medications and supplies were in use including a bag of saline in the procedure room that was 2 years old.
• Staff failed to follow their infection control policy for cleaning after a spill. During tour of Exam room one, just after a patient exited the room, the inspector observed the HCA #6 cleaning what he/she identified as fresh blood on the floor, to the left of the exam table and in front of the large white bucket bearing a biohazard label. The white bucket contained a used metal vaginal speculum. Employee #6 (HCA) verified, during an interview conducted on 2/9/15, that the fresh blood appears to have dripped from the speculum that was just used during the pelvic exam. The Surveyor observed HCA #6 cleaning up the blood spill with paper towels and several sprays of Oxivir TB solution, instead of the appropriate bleach solution per facility policy.
• Staff did not have current TB skin tests.
• No policy for adverse reaction to medication and a HIPAA breach was not reported.
• Tears found on exam tables preventing proper cleaning and exposing patients to bodily fluids.

Medical records review revealed that patient had an adverse reaction (severely low blood pressure) to sedation and it was not reported to the abortionist or medical director. The RN administering the sedation had no advanced prescribing privileges, in other words, she was not licensed to be administering the meds. Two physicians had no record of current CPR training.

Expired medications and supplies were in use including a bag of saline in the procedure room that was 2 years old.

Staff failed to follow their infection control policy for cleaning after a spill. During tour of Exam room one, just after a patient exited the room, the inspector observed the HCA #6 cleaning what he/she identified as fresh blood on the floor, to the left of the exam table and in front of the large white bucket bearing a biohazard label. The white bucket contained a used metal vaginal speculum. Employee #6 (HCA) verified, during an interview conducted on 2/9/15, that the fresh blood appears to have dripped from the speculum that was just used during the pelvic exam. The Surveyor observed HCA #6 cleaning up the blood spill with paper towels and several sprays of Oxivir TB solution, instead of the appropriate bleach solution per facility policy.

Staff did not have current TB skin tests. No policy for adverse reaction to medication and a HIPAA breach was not reported.

Tears found on exam tables preventing proper cleaning and exposing patients to bodily fluids.

Planned Parenthood of Tempe failed to provide sanitary equipment and failed to follow proper procedure to sterilize, sanitize, and disinfect equipment.

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They were also found to be using expired supplies and medications on patients.

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The sterilizer was not kept up-to-date with maintenance or maintenance reporting.

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In 2016, police investigated a report of a baby born alive after a failed late-term abortion. 

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Staff failed to monitor and document a patient’s vital signs and degree of bleeding. There was NO DOCUMENTATION of CARE provided to the patient while in the recovery room for 47 minutes.

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Half of the nurses on staff did not have Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification that is required; a patient's quality of life may be altered if they have a pre or post emergency procedure and the nurses are not currently trained in ACLS procedures.

The facility failed to file an application for re-licensure within 60 days of the expiration date of the current license. The facility paid a fine of $250 (repeat violation).

2 medical assistants and 1 RN failed to have CPR certification. 

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The abortionist did not have a policy to define what is a stable discharge which puts all patients at risk if patients are discharged before fully recovering from the abortion procedure and sedation.

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Facility failed to report that a woman had a perforated uterus during her abortion and had to be transferred to a hospital. This complication should have been reported to the state department.

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