Seacoast Home Health

The agency failed to follow its hand hygiene and bag technique policy during wound care for 1 (#3) and during colostomy care for 1 (#4) patient out of 2 home care visits conducted.

The agency failed to ensure that patient's individualized plan of care (POC) included a description of the patient's risk for emergency department visits and re-hospitalization for 10 (#1, #2, #3. #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 and #10) patients out of 10 sampled.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure that once potential neglect was identified that it was reported immediately to the HHA and other appropriate authorities in accordance with state law . Refer to standard G-488 Immediate Reporting of Abuse by Staff.

The agency failed to follow physician's orders for Masters Social Worker (MSW) evaluations for two of seventeen patient's reviewed ( # 8 , # 11).

The agency failed to report suspected neglect of one of seventeen patients reviewed ( #11) immediately upon knowledge and identification.