The review was a follow-up to a 2012 Joint Commission accreditation survey. At the time of the previous survey, the hospital was noted with 23 non-compliance issues, including handling of prescriptions and medications, documenting of staff qualifications and issues of pain management and patient monitoring, according to the report.
The most recent visit resulted in a non-conditional three-year accreditation for the hospital and showed the hospital has 11 corrections to make. A hospital spokeswoman notes in the report that the findings, which included an improper cover on a kitchen light, an improper power strip in an operating room suite, an improper valve on an eyewash station and incomplete documentation on patient charts, were “environmental” and not consequences of any deficiencies in the level of patient care.
Keller Hospital CEO Paul Storey gave employees credit for their role in reversing the previous accreditation survey results.
“The focus daily has to be on safety and doing the right things,” he told the TimesDaily. “All the standards in the manual point you back to doing the right thing for the patient. We worry about it every day.”
Helen Keller Hospital is slated for another review in 2018.
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