Bradbourne Healthcare, Inc

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure the information entered in the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS - used to collect and report assessment data) accurately reflected patient's status at the time of the assessment for one of seven sampled patients (Patient 1).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to follow a written plan of care (POC) established by the physician by not assessing the patient's weight weekly and to notify the weight variations to the physician for one of 7 sample patients (Patient 4).

The Home Health agency (HHA) failed to follow the accepted standards of practice to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to develop a method for identifying infectious and communicable disease problems caused by sharing glucometer and finger stick devices used to monitor blood sugar levels.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure the Plan of Care (POC) included management of Anorexia (an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to loss weight by refusing to eat) for one of 7 sampled patients (Patient 5).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure that a supervisory visit for home health aide was conducted every 14 days for one of seven sampled patients (Patient 2) provided home health aide services.