Federal report faults New Jersey facility where viral outbreak killed 11 children

A federal report blames the leaders of a New Jersey long-term care facility for not responding quickly enough to a viral outbreak that killed 11 pediatric patients. According to the New Jersey Record’s review of the report, the administrators at Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation didn't have a federally mandated plan for how to handle an outbreak. The report also found the pediatric medical director didn't know the requirements of his role and initially thought the state was “overreacting” until he learned the infections were caused by an adenovirus and had already killed four children. The facility's administrator Rowena Bautista claims the report is "riddled with factual inaccuracies" and says the center will appeal its findings.