Pruitthealth Home Health-Florence

The HHA failed to ensure infection control practices were followed for one of one wound care procedures observed, Patient #5. The findings include: A home visit was made to Patient #5 on 5/29/24 at 9:23 AM with Registered Nurse (RN) #3. During observation of the nursing visit, RN #3 was providing…

The HHA failed to ensure staff updated the patient's agency medication profile with the patient's home medications for 5 of 6 home observations.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure all diagnoses were included in the plan of care for one of six patient records reviewed, Patient #5. Findings: During a home visit to Patient #5 on 5/29/24 at 9:23 AM Registered Nurse (RN) #3 was observed providing wound care to Patient #5's bilateral…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) staff failed to follow physician orders regarding visit schedules and vital sign assessments for 4 out of 17 patient charts reviewed.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to provide measurable outcomes for all identified problems listed in the patient’s Plan of Care (POC) for fourteen of seventeen patient records reviewed.

The home health aide(HHA) failed to perform the physician ordered number of visits in one of thirteen patient records reviewed for care and services.

The home health agency failed to ensure patient safety when staff failed to perform hand hygiene for 1 of 5 home visits with 1 of 2 Physical Therapist(PT) observed during the provision of the patient's care and failed to discard expired supplies.

The home health staff failed to document a response to eight patients from the on-call log record for the period of January 1, 2018 to June 20, 2018. The findings are: On June 20, 2018 at 2:35 p.m., review of the home health agency's on-call log revealed eight patient telephone calls that had no…