Failure to Date Oxygen Humidifier for Resident Receiving Respiratory Care
Penalty
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Summary
Staff failed to properly maintain respiratory care equipment for a resident with congestive heart failure and anemia by not dating the oxygen humidifier bottle attached to the resident's oxygen concentrator. Facility policy required staff to label oxygen humidifiers with the date and replace disposable oxygen equipment every seven days. Provider orders also specified that oxygen components should be changed and labeled with the date and initials as needed and every week for infection control. During observation, the resident's oxygen humidifier was found undated, and interviews with nursing staff and the DON confirmed that the humidifier should have been dated and replaced according to policy and orders.