BARRON CENTER - PORTLAND, ME

Complaint Deficiency

• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Approved construction type or materials
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Properly protected cooking facilities
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Portable fire extinguishers
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Other fire safety features required by fire safety codes
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Corridors or aisles that are unobstructed and are at least 8 feet in width
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Restrictions on the use of highly flammable materials
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some

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Quality Measures