Excelacare Home Health

The agency failed to ensure the patient received the home health services that are written in an individualized plan of care for 1of 9 (Patient #3) patients reviewed in that the skilled nurse failed to do a complete thorough assessment each skilled nurse visit including a documented weight for each…

The agency failed to follow accepted standards of practice, including the use of standard precautions, to prevent the transmission of infectious and communicable diseases for 1 of 3 home visits conducted (Patient #2).

The agency failed to maintain a coordinated agency – wide program for the surveillance, identification, prevention, control and investigation of infectious and communicable diseases for 2 of 9 (Patient #1 & Patient #3) patients reviewed.

The skilled nurse failed to provide services ordered by the physician or allowed practitioner as indicated in the plan of care for 3 of 9 (Patient #4, Patient #8, and Patient #9) patients reviewed who were receiving skilled nursing services from agency staff in that: The skilled nurse failed to…