Angels on Earth Home Health Inc

The agency failed to ensure that the Condition of Participation: G680 484.70: Infection prevention and control was in compliance when: a Registered Nurse (Registered Nurse 1 – RN 1) used a glucometer (a device used to test blood sugar levels) on Patient 3 but the glucometer belonged to another…

The facility failed to notify the physician, as indicated in the facility’s policy and procedure (P&P), regarding Patient 1’s missed skilled nursing visits on October 15, 2024, October 18, 2024, and October 22, 2024. This failure resulted in the physician to be unaware of the missed visits and for…

The facility failed to ensure it implemented its infection control program when: 1) A Registered Nurse (Registered Nurse 1 – RN 1) used a glucometer (a device used to test blood sugar levels) on Patient 3 but the glucometer belonged to another patient and was not to be used on multiple patients per…

The facility failed to ensure the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments waiver (CLIA waiver - allows a facility to legally perform waived tests to diagnose, treat, and assess a patient's health, and to perform testing of blood sugar levels) was not expired.

The facility failed to ensure one of three sampled patients (Patient 3) had an initial assessment (an assessment done to determine the immediate needs of a new home health patient) done within 48 hours of physician referral for home health services which occurred on September 4, 2024. This failure…

The facility failed to ensure a review of all medications (medication reconciliation) the patients were taking was conducted for three of three sampled patients (Patients 1, 2, and 3) when all 3 patients had discrepancies in the medications taken at home when compared to their plans of care (a…

The facility failed to ensure a Registered Nurse 1 (RN 1) administered treatments and services only as prescribed by a physician when RN 1 tested the blood glucose (level of sugar in the blood) for one of three sampled patients (Patient 3) without a physician’s order.

The facility failed to ensure a Registered Nurse 1 (RN 1) followed up with a physician regarding Patient 3’s elevated blood sugar level which RN 1 stated was “dangerously high”.