A Southwest Iowa care facility has been fined $20,500 for its handling of resident care during the coronavirus pandemic. According to KETV in Omaha, the 60-page state inspection report detailed the facility’s failure to implement an infection control program. It said Oakland Manor did not isolate residents for a minimum of ten days after COVID-19 symptoms first surfaced.

The report also states staff wore ‘incomplete or improper’ personal protection equipment and cites multiple occasions where staff failed to complete proper hand hygiene while caring for residents. Seven residents died during the COVID-19 outbreak. 30 residents tested positive for the virus, along with 17 staff members.