F624 in Kentucky. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2024
Kentucky cites F624 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share1.27×
1.27 times the share F624 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Kentucky citations0.15%
Of every deficiency written in Kentucky in 2024, this is the portion that was F624.
Kentucky0.15%
National0.12%
Share of all citations that were F624.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Kentucky surveyors wrote
F624 findings written in Kentucky, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
J · Immediate jeopardy, isolatedJune 27, 2024
Based on interview, record review, and review of the facility's documents and policies, the facility failed to provide a safe transfer to the appropriate level of care to meet a resident's needs to ensure a safe and orderly discharge from the facility for 1 out of 3 sampled residents (Resident (R) 197).
Record review revealed R197 was discharged from the facility to a homeless shelter on 05/01/2023. The resident's diagnoses included type 2 diabetes with ketoacidosis (a serious complication of diabetes when too many ketones build up to dangerous levels in the body) and unspecified lack of normal physiologic development in childhood. …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedSeptember 16, 2021
Based on interview, record review, and facility policy review, it was determined the facility failed to provide a safe and orderly discharge for one (1) of six (6) sampled residents (Resident #1). Review of Resident #1's closed record, revealed the facility discharged Resident #1 on [DATE], because the resident's Medicare days had expired. However, the facility discharged the resident to his/her home, without notifying the resident's physician, or ensuring the resident had a means to receive Intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy as prescribed by the physician for treatment of [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] .
On [DATE] (two days after being discharged from the facility), Resident #1 presented to Hospital #1's Emergency Department (ED) requesting to receive IV antibiotics. …
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