Good Samaritan Society - Omaha Metro Home Care

The agency failed to include complete Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT or wound vac) (a type of wound therapy, that uses negative pressure suction to help heal wounds) orders on the initial Plan of Care and/or failed to verify complete wound vac care orders, to include on the initial Plan of…

Findings are: Based on record review, policy and procedure review, and staff interview, the agency failed to verify and include complete Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT or wound vac) (a type of wound therapy that uses negative pressure suction to help heal wounds) orders on the revised Plan…

The agency failed to ensure staff administer treatments as ordered on the plan of care for 1 of 7 clinical records reviewed (Patient 2).

The agency failed to promptly notify the physician to request a change in treatment orders, when changes in a patient’s skin integrity were identified during the assessment of 1 of 2 patients (Patient 2), who received wound care.