Inspection Results » San Marcos Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

  1. 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 safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
      • Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (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)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
      • Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
    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 2018-11-19)
      • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
      • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted 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)
    3. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. (Corrected 2018-11-19)

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