Inspection Results » Salem East Healthcare Center

  1. Health Inspection on April 19, 2018 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Corrected 2018-05-11)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-05-11)
      • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Corrected 2018-05-11)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-05-11)
      • Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. (Corrected 2018-05-11)
      • Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. (Corrected 2018-05-11)

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