Inspection Results » Parkwest Healthcare Center

Health Inspection on October 19, 2018 ^[1]

1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy

   • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
   • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
   • Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
   • Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (Corrected 2018-11-19)

2. Isolated: 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 2018-11-19)
   • Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is ne (Corrected 2018-11-19)
   • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
   • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
   • Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
   • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
   • 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 2018-11-19)
   • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
   • 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 2018-11-19)
   • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
   • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2018-11-19)

3. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm

   • Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (Corrected 2018-11-19)