Nhc Homecare Greenwood

The home health facility failed to ensure staff are following standard precautions when examining patients in the home.

The home health facility failed to ensure Physician orders for patients were followed for 1 of 2 patient wounds observed.

The home health agency failed to ensure the medication lists was accurate for 3 of 4 home patient visits observed.

The home health agency failed to ensure its staff followed accepted principles of infection control in the provision of patient care for 1 of 3 Registered Nurse (RN) who failed to perform hand hygiene after patient care and failed to use proper bag technique.

The home health agency failed to ensure medication reconciliation of the patient's home medications with the home health agency's medication profile for 1 of 2 patients reviewed for care and services.

The home health agency staff failed to obtain a physician's orders for an extra patient visit for two of seven patient charts reviewed for care and services.