VASHON COMMUNITY CARE CENTER - VASHON, WA

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

• A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls
  • Harm: Actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• At least two compartments on every floor to protect residents from smoke
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide written records when a resident is transferred or discharged
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure each resident has the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules and health care according to his or her interests, assessment, and plan of care
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure that residents receive treatment/services to not only continue, but improve the ability to care for themselves
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure that residents with reduced range of motion get proper treatment and services to increase range of motion
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• 1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being
  • 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
• 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
• Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• 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: Some
• Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program for mentally-ill and mentally-retarded patients
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• 1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed
  • 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
• 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
• Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure that residents with reduced range of motion get proper treatment and services to increase range of motion
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• 1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed
  • 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: Few
• Make sure that doctors visit residents regularly, as required
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist
  • 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: Some

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