Missing Practitioner Verification of Employee Health Status
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that personnel records for two employees, a dietary aide and a nurse aide, included documentation from a licensed health care practitioner verifying that each employee was free from communicable diseases or conditions as of their start date. Review of the personnel files showed that the required health forms were present but were only signed by the employees themselves, not by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician's assistant. This omission was confirmed during an interview with a human resources staff member, who acknowledged that the necessary practitioner verification was missing from the files reviewed.
Plan Of Correction
Employe 1 and 2 had their physical forms reviewed and signed by health care practitioners. Human Resource Director will make review the last 10 new hires physical form to verify they were signed prior to starting employment clearing them form communicable diseases. Director of Nursing or Designee will Human Resources on required physical form signed prior to starting employment clearing them form communicable diseases. Human Resources or designee will audit the New hire employee files to assure all required signatures are completed. Audit results will be turned into Quality Assurance meeting monthly.