Failure to Maintain Consistent Dialysis Communication
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide consistent and complete communication with the dialysis center for two residents who required hemodialysis. According to facility policy, a communication form must be completed and sent with the resident to dialysis, and upon return, the form should be reviewed and post-dialysis information documented. For one resident with diagnoses including high blood pressure and End Stage Renal Disease, clinical records showed missing or incomplete dialysis communication forms on three separate treatment days within a specified period. A registered nurse unit manager confirmed these omissions. For another resident with similar diagnoses, the clinical record lacked complete communication forms for eight treatment days within a one-month period. Some forms were missing dates, and one treatment day had no form at all. A registered nurse confirmed the absence of these required forms, indicating the facility did not maintain consistent and complete communication with the dialysis center as required by policy.