Nhc Homecare of South Carolina, LLC

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to provide measurable outcomes for all identified problems listed in the patient’s Plan of Care (POC) for seven out of seven patient records reviewed (Patient 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to revise the Plan of Care (POC) for the Resumption of Care (ROC) in two out of two patients with a ROC (Patient 4 and 5).

The home health agency's Administrator failed to conduct exercises to test the home health agency's Emergency Preparedness Plan.

2 of 2 Physical Therapists (PT) failed to perform hand hygiene in the performance of patient care and expired supplies were not removed from the patient supply area.

The skilled nurse failed to fulfill the role responsibilities of the skilled nurse with the writer's signature and authentication of clinical records.

The facility failed to ensure all closed records were secured and protected to prevent loss of information.

The agency failed to identify medications the patient was currently taking and/or failed to identify medication discrepancies during the drug review for 3 of 3 patients visited in the home.