Healthcare Facility Inspection of the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington. 

This evaluation focused on five key content domains:
     •    Culture
     •    Environment of care
     •    Patient safety
     •    Primary care
     •    Veteran-centered safety net

The OIG issued nine recommendations for VA to correct identified deficiencies in two domains:
   1.    Environment of care
     •    Signs and maps
     •    Emergency generator and fire door inspection and testing
     •    Environment of care committee meetings
     •    Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program area cleanliness
     •    Hands-free sanitizer dispensers
     •    Guidance for shelter-in-place supplies
   2.    Patient safety
     •    Service-level workflows for the communication of test results
     •    Process to monitor the communication of test results
     •    Improvement actions from root cause analyses