Geisinger Home Health

The agency failed to ensure wound assessment had been completed in accordance with agency policies/procedures for three (3) of six (6) patients whom wound care orders/goals were included on the "Home Health Certification and Plan of Care" and for whom skilled nursing (SN) provided wound care to an…

The agency failed to ensure the clinical notes included documentation of the rationale cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) efforts were not initiated by agency staff for two (2) of two (2) patients for whom emergency services response was requested.

The agency failed to ensure the contact information (address and telephone number) for the local (county) Area Agency on Aging was provided to six (6) of six (6) patients for whom the admission folder was available for review during a home visit.

The agency failed to ensure initial TB screening was performed in accordance with CDC and PA DOH guidelines for eight (8) of ten (10) healthcare workers who were assigned to provide patient care after September 1, 2020. (Employees #1, #2, #3, #5, #7, #8, #12 and #13) Finding include: On April 20…