Inspection Results » Egret Cove Center

  1. Health Inspection on February 14, 2019 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (Corrected 2019-03-16)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2019-03-16)
      • 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 2019-03-16)
      • Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. (Corrected 2019-03-16)
      • Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. (Corrected 2019-03-16)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-03-16)
      • Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (Corrected 2019-03-16)
      • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2019-03-16)

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