Glacial Ridge Home Care

The agency failed to follow accepted standards of practice related to cleaning of reusable patient use equipment to prevent transmission of infections and communicable disease for 1 of 3 patients (P3) observed during a home visit.

The agency failed to ensure medication profiles were accurate for 2 of 4 patients.

The agency failed to ensure the plan of care (POC) included a description of the risk for emergency department visits and hospital re-admissions, and all necessary interventions to address the underlying risk factors for 12 of 12 patients (P7, P8, P10, P11, P1, P2, P3, P5, P6, P4, P9 and P12).

The agency failed to ensure medications were set up to patients only as ordered by the physician for 1 of 2 patients (P4) reviewed for medication set up.