Braxton County Memorial Hospital, HHA

The agency failed to have a communication plan and a training and testing program as part of the four (4) required elements of an Emergency Preparedness Plan.

The agency failed to have a procedure to inform emergency preparedness officials of a patient's individual emergency needs that are based on the medical, psychiatric, and environmental assessments of the patient.

The agency failed to provide initial training for emergency preparedness to all agency staff.

The agency failed to ensure an analysis was completed of the agency's participation in the required training and testing table top exercise.

The agency failed to ensure all verbal orders were formatted legally with the name of the physician, the name of the clinician and the date/time the clinician received the order in four (4) of four (4) records reviewed of patients who had verbal physician orders as part of their medical record…