Inspection Results » Los Gatos Skilled Nursing Facility, LLC

  1. Health Inspection on July 11, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-08-02)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Corrected 2018-08-02)
      • The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands. (Corrected 2018-08-02)
      • Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (Corrected 2018-08-02)
      • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. (Corrected 2018-08-02)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2018-08-02)
    3. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Ensure resident rooms hold no more than 4 residents; for new construction after November 28, 2016, rooms hold no more than 2 residents. (Corrected 2018-08-02)

To be part of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, nursing homes have to meet certain requirements set by Congress. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has entered into an agreement with state governments to do health inspections and fire safety inspections of these nursing homes and investigate complaints about nursing home care. [2]

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References

  1. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Health-Inspections.html
  2. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Inspection-Results.html