A Pennsylvania hospital was cited by the Department of Health for failing to properly document cardiac monitoring for a patient with septic shock. The hospital is undergoing an investigation into potential safety problems between March and November 2024. Inspectors conducted several follow-up visits throughout the year, finding the hospital in compliance with regulations in most cases.
Hospital was cited by the Pennsylvania Department of Health for a paperwork violation after nurses failed to properly document cardiac monitoring for a patient who was being treated for septic shock.’s flagship medical center to investigate potential safety problems between March and November 2024.May 8: Inspectors followed up on a previous complaint in January 2024, regarding, and found the hospital was in compliance.
May 30: Inspectors came to investigate a complaint but found the hospital was in compliance. Complaint details are not made public when inspectors determine it was unfounded.Aug. 29: Inspectors came to investigate two complaints but found the hospital was in compliance. Aug. 9: Inspectors cited the hospital for failing to properly document heart rhythm strips for a patient with septic shock who required cardiac monitoring. Administrators retrained nurses on cardiac monitoring protocol and assigned float nurses to check that monitoring was being documented correctly.Sept.
Oct. 25: Inspectors conducted a special monitoring survey at Jefferson’s outpatient rehabilitation center on Cecil B. Moore Avenue and found the facility was in compliance.Oct. 23: Inspectors followed up on the September citation regarding the compounding pharmacy and found the hospital was in compliance.
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