Victory Home Health Agency

The agency failed to follow infection control precautions for one of three patients (Patient 2) when the Registered Nurse did not place a clean barrier (a device used to limit potentially infectious contact between health care providers and patient's) before putting down her nursing bag on Patient…

The home health agency failed to ensure that the Home Health Aide (HHA) visit note followed the HHA Care Plan prepared by the Registered Nurse for two of three patients.

The agency failed to ensure the patient's initial Comprehensive Adult Nursing Assessment and Recertification Follow-Up Assessments were complete and accurate for five of seven patients reviewed (Patients 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7).

The agency failed to ensure that a medication listed in the patients Plan of Care (POC) and current medication profile were updated, accurate, and complete for one of three patients reviewed (Patient 2) when the medication Levothyroxine Sodium (used to treat hypothyroidism, a condition when your…

The agency failed to ensure the patient's vaccination screening for influenza (flu) and pneumonia (lung infection) was implemented by the Registered Nurse (RN) during the initial comprehensive assessment at the Start of Care (SOC) and during each recertification assessments for five of seven…

The agency failed to ensure physician's verbal orders were signed and dated timely, within 30 days of the order date, for four of seven patients reviewed (Patients 1, 2, 5, and 6).

The agency failed to ensure for two of four Home Health Aides (HHA 1 and HHA 4) completed the 12 hours of inservice training during each 12 months period.

The agency failed to ensure the medications listed in the patient's Plan Of Care (POC) and medication profile were updated accurately, with the right frequency and the medications at home were not expired, for three of 10 sampled patients (Patient 1, 2, and 3).