Safety Care Inc

The agency failed to ensure visits were conducted as required in the plan of care and document the potential clinical impact of the missed service for 1 of 5 patients (P7) active records reviewed.

The agency failed to follow accepted standards of practice related to cleaning of reusable patient use equipment to prevent transmission of infections and communicable disease for 2 of 3 patients (P4, P5) observed during a home visit.

The agency failed to comprehensively assess, attempt alternatives and ensure dimensions were assessed for potential entrapment risks for 1 of 1 patients (P5) reviewed who had side rails.

The facility failed to develop and maintain an emergency preparedness plan that was based on and included a documented, facility-based and community-based risk assessment, utilizing an all-hazards approach.

The facility failed to include a process for cooperation and collaboration with local, tribal, regional, state, and federal emergency preparedness officials' efforts to maintain an integrated response during a disaster or emergency situation, including documentation of the facility's efforts to…

The facility failed to ensure the communication plan included primary and alternate means for communicating with staff and Federal, State, tribal, regional, and local emergency management agencies.

The facility failed to conduct exercises to test the emergency preparedness plan, including unannounced staff drills using the emergency procedures, full-scale community based exercise or tabletop exercises.

The agency failed to ensure each patient had an initial assessment visit within 48 hours of their referral date for 3 of 7 (P6, P7, and P1) patients in the sample.

The agency failed to ensure the plan of care (POC) included a description of the risk for emergency department visits and hospital re-admission, and all necessary interventions to address the underlying risk factors for 5 of 5 patients (P2, P3, P1, P4, and P5); admitted after January 1, 2018, whose…