F726 in Alabama. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2024
Alabama cites F726 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.55×
0.55 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Alabama citations0.36%
Of every deficiency written in Alabama in 2024, this is the portion that was F726.
Alabama0.36%
National0.66%
Share of all citations that were F726.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alabama surveyors wrote
F726 findings written in Alabama, 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, isolatedMay 13, 2024
Based on record review, interview, a facility document titled Code Blue Evaluation, and the facility CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR), the facility failed to ensure the facility provided training and skills verification to staff on their CPR policy. The facility did not implement training and skills verification to ensure all staff were able to respond to an emergent situation according to their policy to verify a resident's code status before initiating CPR.
On [DATE] around 8:20 PM RI #159 was found unresponsive by Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) #8. The staff who responded initiated CPR without first verifying Resident Identifier (RI) #159's code status in the medical record. …
E · No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternJuly 26, 2023
Based on document review and interviews, the facility failed to train their nurses on how to perform a pacemaker check or have any documentation that a competency skill check was done to determine if nurses possessed the knowledge/skills to perform a pacemaker check. This failure had the potential to affect all 13 residents who resided in the facility identified as having a pacemaker.
Findings included:
Cross Reference F867 QAPI/QAA Improvement Activities and F684 Quality of Care.
On 07/24/2023 at 10:26 AM, the Administrator presented the survey team with a list that indicated 13 residents, who resided in the facility, had a pacemaker (a small electronic device, usually placed in the chest to help regulate slow electrical problems with the heart). …
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