Baycal Home Health Care Services, Inc.

The agency failed to adhere to standards on infection control practice when Patient 6's used lancets (small needles used to prick the skin to obtain blood sample) were not placed in sharps disposal container, which had the potential to increase risk of accidental needle-stick injury and expose…

The agency failed to update the medication profile for three of seven sampled patients (Patient 3, 6, and 7).

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure the individualized plan of care (POC) included visit frequency and duration and specific interventions and goals related to the care and education of four of seven sampled patients (3,5,6 and 7) when: 1. Patient 3 did not have specific interventions and…

The agency failed to follow their policy and procedure for plan of care (POC) for two of seven sampled patients (Patient 1and 4) when the POC was not signed by the physicial.

The agency failed to notify the physician in a timely manner for one of seven sampled patients (Patient 7) when changes in medication regime were identified.This practice could potentially put Patient 7's health in danger by taking more doses than prescribed.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to provide services ordered by the physician as indicated in the plan of care (POC) for two of seven sampled patients (2 and 4) when the patients did not recieve the number of physicial therapy visits as written in the POC.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) staff failed to ensure the clinical records contained current clinical visit documentation regarding education provided for one of seven sampled patients (Patients 7).