State health inspectors say that UC Irvine’s kidney dialysis center has failed to provide quality care in a safe environment, according to a news report.
Inspectors from the Department of Public Health conducted an inspection last November as part of the facility’s recertification process for Medicare and Medicaid. The inspectors found a number of violations that they detailed in a 70-page report that must be remedied or the dialysis center could lose Medicare funding.
Besides sanitation and building deterioration concerns, inspectors found that the center was not equipped to function in case of a power outage. UCI said that it is modernizing the dialysis center and expects the upgrades to be completed next year. The center was last inspected in January of 2003, even though inspections are supposed to occur every three years.
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