YES! Weekly received notice today that the Guilford County Substance Abuse Treatment Center in High Point has been ordered by the NC Department of Health and Human Services to stop admitting new clients until multiple violations are shown to be corrected. The drug treatment center is run by Bridgeway Behavioral Center, which is contracted with the county's mental health agency.
A press release by the county mental health agency, known as the Guilford Center, detailed the violations: "Specifically, the facility was out of compliance in medication management areas such as improper security of client medications, failure to assure that medications were administered by qualified personnel and no physician orders for client self-medication. In addition, the facility was cited with failure to properly supervise clients while in the community. A single violation related to Facility Design and Equipment pertained to clients’ exposure to excessive water temperature while working in the kitchen as part of their treatment/recovery. Personnel issues included failure to document staff training and no job descriptions in personnel files."
The violations were uncovered during an annual onsite survey completed by Department of Health and Human Services on June 19. The Guilford Center and Bridgeway Behavioral Health are required to submit a plan of corrrection by Aug. 25.
Billie Martin Pierce, director of the Guilford Center, characterized the violations as "serious" and said that the violations had already been corrected.
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