Mountain View Health Services, Ogden, UT — Violations & Inspection Reports

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them.

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.

Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

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.

Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.

Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

Designate a physician to serve as medical director responsible for implementation of resident care policies and coordination of medical care in the facility.

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Have an agreement with at least one or more hospitals certified by Medicare or Medicaid to make sure residents can be moved quickly to the hospital when they need medical care.

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Have enough outside ventilation via a window or mechanical ventilation, or both.

Provide or obtain x-rays/tests when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.

Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.

Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service.

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

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.

Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Keep signed and dated reports of x-rays and other diagnostic services in the residents record.

Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly

Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

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.