Puerto Rico Home Health

The facility failed to include a process for cooperation and collaboration with local, tribal, regional, State and Federal emergency preparedness officials’ effort to maintain an integrated response during s disaster or emergency situation.

The facility failed to develop procedures to inform State and local emergency preparedness officials about patients in need of evacuation from their residences at any time due to an emergency situation based on the patient’s medical or psychiatric condition and home environment.

The facility failed to ensure policies and procedures to facilitate the support of volunteers and other healthcare professionals in an emergency.

The facility failed to provide a method for sharing information and medical documentation for patients under the facility's care, as necessary, with other health care providers to maintain the continuity of care.

The facility failed to have written means of providing information about the facility's occupancy, needs, and its ability to provide assistance.

The facility failed to develop and maintain an emergency preparedness training and testing program that is based on the emergency plan.

The facility failed to provide initial training in emergency preparedness policies and procedures that are consistent with their roles in an emergency to all new and existing staff, individuals providing services under arrangement, and volunteers.

The facility failed to ensure that the Registered Nurse (RN) complies with standard practice precautions to prevent the transmission of infectious agents for 2 out of 3 home visits during the urinary catheter insertion procedure and local ulcer care.

The facility failed to follow standard of infection control to prevent the transition of infection disease related to screening at the entrance to the facility, failed to performed the exposure COVID- 19 screening question and symptom/illness assessment to employee and visitor at the facility…

The facility failed to ensure that the clinical record has complete patient's information related to documentation of blood glucose results, COVID -19 screening, visits not performed by the RN, surgical wound and ulcer measurement on 1 out of 3 home visits, (HV #1) and in 6 out of 8 records…