Doddridge County Board of Health

The facility failed to follow accepted standards of practice to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases.

The agency failed to ensure they had a written communication plan and policies and procedures as two (2) of the required four (4) elements of an emergency preparedness plan (See Tag E 004); failed to ensure their plan was based on an all hazards risk assessment (See Tag E 006); failed to ensure…

The agency failed to have policies, procedures and a communication plan as part of the four (4) required elements of an Emergency Preparedness plan.

The agency failed to ensure the Emergency Preparedness plan was based on an all-hazard risk assessment.

The agency failed to have a specific individual patient emergency preparedness plan, with a copy left in the patient's home, in seven (7) of seven (7) records reviewed (patients #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7).

The agency failed to provide initial training for Emergency Preparedness to all agency staff.

The agency failed to ensure an analysis was completed of agency participation in the required training and testing table top exercise.

The agency failed to ensure all patients were informed in writing and orally, before care was started, of the amount to which payment for services may be expected from any Federally funded or aided program.

The agency failed to ensure all verbal orders were formatted legally with the name of the physician, the name of the clinician and the date/time the clinician received the order in seven (7) of seven (7) records reviewed of patients who had verbal physician orders as part of the medical record…

The agency failed to ensure the Administrator of the agency was appointed by and reported to the Governing Body.