Amedisys Home Health

The home health agency failed to use standard precaution to prevent infection by placing P#1’s foley bag on the floor.

The agency failed to ensure that patients’ medication profile and plan of care were updated to reflect current medications at the time of the comprehensive assessment for three (3) of seventeen (17) sampled patients (P#3, #4 and #5).

The agency staff failed to ensure treatments were administered only as ordered by the physician for one of 17 (#7) sampled patients.

The agency staff failed to ensure that patients' plans of care were signed by physicians within 30 days for three of 17 sampled patients (#2, #9 and #10).

The agency failed to provide services as ordered by the physician in the plan of care for five of 17 (#3 #6, #7, #8 and #15) sampled patients.