Enhabit Home Health Aiken

The home health agency failed to update the medication profile for 5 of 7 applicable patients observed during home visits.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to notify the physician of an admission of greater than 48 hours which had the potential for clinical impact upon the patient for one of seventeen patient charts reviewed for care and services.

The Home Health Agency(HHA) failed to coordinate with physician orders in the patient's Plan Of Care (POC) regarding visit frequencies, reporting of pain levels, and failure to report elevated fasting blood glucose levels to the physician for nine of seventeen patient charts reviewed for care and…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure its staff followed acceptable standards of practice for infection control to prevent the potential cross contamination of infectious agents in the home care setting by failure to utilize correct barrier technique, hand hygiene, bag technique, cleaning…

1 of 1 Physical Therapist (PT) failed to ensure accuracy of the patient's home/facility medications with the patient's Home Health Agency's (HHA)medication profile for 6 of seven patient's observed during home visits.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to conform with physician orders and did not obtain physician orders for indwelling urinary catheter maintenance and care for one of seventeen patient charts reviewed for care and services.

The Home Health Agency(HHA)failed to maintain accuracy in all of the patient's physician orders by not obtaining physician signatures for the Start of Care orders and the 485 for two of seventeen patient charts reviewed for care and services.