Inspection Results » Good Samaritan - Flanagan

  1. Health Inspection on June 22, 2017 [1]

    1. Isolated: Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents. (Corrected 2017-08-29)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading. (Corrected 2017-08-29)
      • Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. (Corrected 2017-08-17)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Develop policies and procedures for influenza and pneumococcal immunizations. (Corrected 2017-08-17)
      • Upon the death of a resident, convey the residentÂ’s personal funds and an accounting of those funds to the appropriate party. (Corrected 2017-09-20)
      • Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene. (Corrected 2017-08-29)
      • Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. (Corrected 2017-08-17)
      • Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined safe. (Corrected 2017-08-17)
      • Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%. (Corrected 2017-08-17)
    4. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident. (Corrected 2017-07-13)
      • Use a registered nurse at least 8 hours a day, 7 days a week. (Corrected 2017-07-12)
      • Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse. (Corrected 2017-07-12)
      • Provide residents with private access to a telephone. (Corrected 2017-07-10)
      • Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards. (Corrected 2017-07-12)
      • Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way. (Corrected 2017-07-12)

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