L. a. Family Home Health Inc

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure the emergency preparedness training for all staffs was conducted at least annually.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to follow the accepted professional standards of practice to prevent the spread of infection by failing to: Tracking and document for signs and symptoms of COVID-19 (an acute serious respiratory illness) to visitors, all agency staffs, and patients.

The physical therapist (PT) failed to provide an initial rehabilitation assessment within 48 hours for one out of seven sample patients (Patient 6).

The agency failed to administer Aspirin (blood thinner) 81 mg every other day as ordered by the physician for one of seven patients (Patient 1).

The skilled nurse (SN) failed to notify the physician regarding the patient's significant change of condition for one of seven patients (Patient 7).

The agency failed to coordinate care and services for one of seven patients (Patient 1).

The agency staff failed to ensure care followed the written plan of care for one of seven patients (#2).

The Home Health Agency failed to assess the patient's continuing need for skilled nursing services for three of seven patients.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to review all the medications and update the medication profile with currently used medications for one of seven patients (#1).

The license nurse failed to flush Normal Saline and Heparin at peripheral intravenous (IV) site as ordered by the physician for one of seven patients (#7).