Failure to Complete Ordered Laboratory Tests for a Resident
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Summary
The facility failed to implement a complete care plan for a resident by not ensuring that ordered laboratory tests were completed. Specifically, a resident with multiple diagnoses, including morbid obesity, type 2 diabetes, Olgilvie syndrome, megacolon, hypomagnesemia, essential hypertension, and functional quadriplegia, had physician orders for a Vitamin D level and an annual lipid panel. Review of the resident's medical record did not show results for these laboratory tests, indicating they were not performed as ordered. This deficiency was confirmed during an interview with the Assistant Director of Nurses, who acknowledged that the required lab work had not been completed.