Ick-Assurance Home Health Care Inc

The agency failed to ensure infection control guidelines were maintained 1. after the use of medical equipment for patient (#2) and 2. after the use of a glucometer (a portable device used to measure the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood) for patient (#1), during the observation of 2 of 2…

The agency failed to ensure all entries must be legible, clear, complete, and appropriately authenticated, dated, and timed, for 5 patients (#1, #4, #6, #2, and #5) out of a total sample of 7 patients.

The agency failed to ensure a patient participate in, was informed about, and consented or refused care in advance of and during treatment, where appropriate, for 2 patients (#4 and #7), out of a total sample of 7 patients.

The agency failed to ensure that services were provided as ordered by the physician or allowed practitioner, as indicated in the plan of care, for 2 patients (#5 and #7), out of a total sample of 7 patients.

The agency failed to ensure staff communicated with all physicians involved in the plan of care and other health care practitioners (as appropriate) related to the current plan of care, for 2 patients (#6 and #5), out of total sample of 7 patients.

The Agency failed to ensure the staff notified the Physician when there was a change in the ordered Skilled Nurse Visit (SNV) frequency for one Patient (#1), out of a total sample of seven Patients.

The Agency failed to ensure that its Nursing staff completed the initial comprehensive assessment visit within 48 hours of the referral, for one Patient (#4), out of a total sample of seven Patients.

The Agency failed to ensure its staff obtained an accurate Physician's order for one Patient (#5), out of a total sample of seven Patients.

The Agency failed to ensure its staff provided services that were ordered by the Physician and as indicated in the plan of care for one Patient (#5), out of a total sample of seven Patients.

The agency staff failed to follow the plan of care for 1 patient (#5) out of a total sample of 7 patients.

The Registered Nurse failed to rotate insulin injection sites as required for 1 patient (#6) in a total sample of 7 patients.

The home health agency staff failed to document a verbal order for 1 patient (#6) out of a total sample of 7 patients.