Nhc Homecare Aiken

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure 1 of 1 Registered Nurse (RN) #1 observed followed standard infection control procedures to prevent spread of communicable disease when performing wound care for 1 of 2 observed home patients.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure 1 of 1 Registered Nurse (RN) #1 obtained physician orders for wound care for 1 of 7 patient charts reviewed.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure 1 of 1 Registered Nurse (RN) #1 observed failed to follow physician orders for wound care for 1 of 7 patient charts reviewed.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure staff knowledge of the emergency plan for four (4) of seven (7) contract employees credentialing files reviewed.

The home health agency staff failed to ensure all patient goals had measurable outcomes for seven of seven patient records reviewed for care plans.(Patient #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and -#7) Patient #1 On 8/17/2021 at 9:03AM, a review of Patient #1’s chart reveals goals are not measurable (A plan of…

The agency staff failed to provide the visits (skilled nursing) ordered by the patient’s plan of care in two out of seven records reviewed (Patient #4 and #6).

The agency failed to provide services (occupational therapy evaluation) as ordered on the plan of care in one out of three charts with occupational therapy orders (Patient #6).

The home health agency failed to ensure its staff notified the physician of missed visits when missed visits occurred for 3 of 13 patient records reviewed for care and services.

The home health agency failed to ensure its staff followed accepted principles of infection control to prevent the potential spread of infection through cross transmission of infectious agents in the home setting by failure of staff to perform hand hygiene after patient contact and after removal of…

The home health agency failed to ensure its registered nurses provided a detailed individualized plan of care for the home health aide for 4 of 4 patient records reviewed.

The home health agency staff failed to provide documentation of follow-though for the telephone calls from patients/caregivers documented on the home health agency's on-call log for 2017 and 2018. The findings are: On July 26, 2018 at 10:30 a.m., review of the home health agency's on-call log for…

The home health agency failed to ensure its staff maintained an accurate list of the patient's home medications for five of five patients.