Ambar Home Health Agency Inc

The provider failed to ensure its emergency preparedness plan include documentation of the facility's efforts to contact emergency officials and,when applicable, of its participation in collaborative and cooperative planning efforts.

The provider failed to ensure that its selected alternative means of communication is compatible with communication systems of other facilities, agencies and state and local officials it plans to communicate with during emergencies and the provider failed to show that they had established an…

The provider failed to show that all staff received emergency preparedness training and demonstrated knowledge of their roles in case of an emergency.

The home health agency staff failed to follow accepted standards of practice, including the use of standard precautions, to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases for 2 out of 2 Sampled Patients(SP) with home visits made.

The provider failed to ensure that the home health aide (Staff B) had successfully passed a competency evaluation prior to providing care to patients.

The provider failed to ensure that a review of all medications the patient is taking in 2 out of 2 Sampled Patients (SP) with home visits.

The provider failed to include in the individualized plan of care the following: a description of the patient's risk for emergency department visits and hospital re-admission, and all necessary interventions to address the underlying risk factors on 2 out of 2 Sampled Patients (SP) actively…

The provider failed to sponsor in-service to 5 out of 5 (A, B, C, D, E) staff.