Amedisys Home Health of Griffin

Agency failed to communicate plans with the patient's primary care practitioner or other health care professional who will be responsible for providing care and services to the patient after discharge from the agency, and failed to discuss discharge plans with one patient (P) (P#4) of three…

The hospice agency failed to use standard precaution to prevent infection for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) wound care dressing by using dirty gloves to perform sterile wound dressing for one (1) of nineteen (19) sampled patients (P#1).

The agency staff failed to conduct an initial assessment within 48 hours of referral or on physician’s order for start of care date, for 4 (four) of 19 (nineteen) sampled patients (P#3, #13, #14 and #15).

The agency failed to ensure that patient medication profiles was updated to reflect current medications at the time of the comprehensive assessment for four (4) of nineteen (19) sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure that patient plan of care was updated to reflect current medications at the time of the comprehensive assessment for four (4) of nineteen (19) sampled patients (P#1, P#3, P#5 and P#6).

The agency failed to follow physician’s order to weigh Patients (P#1, #3, #9, and #12), daily; if unable to weigh patient, may measure abdominal girth and document, for four (4) of nineteen (19) sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure the patients' clinical record contained complete, concise, and clear documentation of all services including evaluations, treatments, progress notes, and individualized plan of care; included all of the required elements to address the patients' needs for six (6) of…

The agency failed to ensure that patients' medication profiles were updated to reflect current medications for 2 of 7 (#2 and #5) sampled patients.

The agency staff failed to ensure that the physician was notified when there was a change in a patient's condition that may have resulted in a need to alter treatment for 1 of 20 (#14) sampled patients.

The agency's skilled professional staff failed to provide services as ordered by the physician in the plans of care for two of 17 ( #5 and #12) sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure the clinical records included all interventions and responses to the interventions in accordance with professional standards for 3 of 17 ( #4, #5, and #7) sampled patients.