Whitfield Nursing Home

Health Inspections

Health Inspections
3
Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 4
MS State Average: 6
U.S. Average: 6
MS Deficiencies Range: 1–22
Complaints & Incidents: 0
Updated April 18, 2013.

Our health inspections rating describes how well this home met health and safety standards for food preparation and other nursing-home activities in the latest three state inspections. Such inspections are conducted about every 15 months.

February 08, 2013 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
Low
Many
3/25/2013
Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs.
Low
Some
3/25/2013
Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible.
Low
Some
3/25/2013
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Low
Few
3/25/2013

December 04, 2011 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Low
Some
1/20/2012
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Low
Few
1/20/2012
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.
Low
Few
1/20/2012

November 23, 2010 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.
Low
Some
1/7/2011
Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible.
Low
Few
1/7/2011
Ensure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, unless medically necessary, and that incontinent patients receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder functions.
Low
Few
1/7/2011
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Low
Few
1/7/2011
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.
Low
Few
1/7/2011
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
Low
Few
1/7/2011
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.
Low
Few
1/7/2011

This nursing home has not been cited for any Deficiencies from Incidents Reported by the Nursing Home or Complaints in the last 3 years.

Note: Because of differences in calculation, all data may not match those shown on Nursing Home Compare, a website run by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS has approved the U.S. News methodology.

Last updated April 18, 2013.


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