This facility’s license expired on May 31. They have been granted permission to continue to provide abortions without a license by Judge Michael Stelzer.

The state health department released the statement of deficiencies and requested a plan of correction by June 18, 2019. The following is a summary of the violations on the inspection report:

• Medical Residents (students) committing abortions were not properly supervised.
  • It took three abortion attempts by a resident, a fellow, and an abortionist to successfully complete one abortion.
  • The facility failed to report these complications to the state.
• The inspector interview the facility medical director to inquire why there was no follow up with this patient when she called to report a continuing pregnancy. When asked how soon the facility should respond to a patient who reports symptoms of continuing pregnancy, he stated he would expect that the facility would accommodate the patient, “As soon as we can.” When asked if 15 days was too long a time period, he stated, “Patients have complicated lives …I do not know why a patient would not come back for 15 days.”
• The abortionist obtaining informed consent was not the same abortionist who committed the abortion.
• The facility did not maintain accurate medical records.
  • Supervising physicians were documenting in records that they were present for the procedure and agree with the treatment plan and follow up before the procedures were even performed. This documentation should be completed post-procedure.
  • Other patient notes were being entered weeks and sometimes months after their encounter.

Previous Health Violations:

• Expired meds, IV fluids, and supplies.  Some as old as 6 years (repeated violation)
• Staff using single dose injectable medications for more than one patient to “save money” (repeated violation)
• The bin with emergency supplies in it “covered in dust” confirming that the supplies had not been checked in quite some time.
• The staff did not log their abortions over 18 weeks gestation as required by law.
• Fire extinguishers were not tested.
• No background checks on employees.
• Patient’s not given their Patient Bill of Rights as required by law.
• Medications not stored properly (repeated violation).
• Staff did not wear personal protective equipment to ensure protection from bloodborne pathogens as they cleaned surgical instruments. The likelihood of splashes and splatters is great.
• Tears in the exam tables; these tables could not be cleaned to ensure that women were not exposed to infections.
• There was dust covering equipment and supplies.
• The refrigerator had not been cleaned in over 1 1/2 years according to a staff member (health care assistant) who had been working in the facility for that period of time. He had no idea who was responsible for that.
• The facility did not send fetal tissue for pathology evaluation as required by Missouri law.
• Failed to properly sterilize instruments that are used from woman to woman.
• Medication refrigerator temperature was recorded as “out of range” with no intervention or resolution for several days. Anything stored in this refrigerator was compromised.
• Staff used heating pads on patients in recovery that were clearly marked “for household use only.”
• No infection control training on staff.
• No orientation of staff.
• Failed to maintain an accurate record:
  • Medication orders were not timed, dated or signed by the abortionist.
  • Lactate Ringers were not recorded as ordered.
  • Medications documented as administered by nurses had no dosage and were not timed, dated, or signed by a nurse.
  • Oral sedation was given, but the name of the medication and who administered it was not recorded.
  • One woman was recorded as receiving medication to increase uterine contractions nearly five hours after she had been discharged from the center.
• Patient’s vitals were not recorded every 15 minutes before patients were discharged.

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