All Reports

Inspection of VA Regional Office Albuquerque, New Mexico
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13-00993-274

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 4/10/2014
We recommend the Albuquerque VA Regional Office Director conduct a review of the 190 temporary 100 percent disability evaluations remaining from our inspection universe and take appropriate action.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 4/10/2014
We recommend the Albuquerque VA Regional Office Director conduct refresher training on processing traumatic brain injury claims and implement a plan to monitor the effectiveness of this training.
No. 3
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 12/30/2013
We recommend the Albuquerque VA Regional Office Director develop and implement a plan to ensure staff return insufficient medical examination reports to obtain the evidence required to support traumatic brain injury evaluations.
Inspection of VA Regional Office Newark, New Jersey
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13-01625-273

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 5/16/2014
We recommend the Newark VA Regional Office Director develop and implement a plan to ensure claims processing staff take timely actions to finalize reductions in benefits.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 7/30/2014
We recommend the Newark VA Regional Office Director develop and implement a plan to review the 149 temporary 100 percent disability evaluations remaining from our inspection universe and take appropriate action.
No. 3
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 2/12/2014
We recommend the Newark VA Regional Office Director develop and implement a plan to ensure effective second-signature reviews of traumatic brain injury claims decisions.
No. 4
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 5/16/2014
We recommend the Newark VA Regional Office Director develop and implement a plan to ensure staff update the resource directory and regularly contact and provide outreach to homeless shelters and service providers within the VA Regional Office's jurisdiction.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the VA Central California Health Care System, Fresno, California
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13-01975-292

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that continued stay reviews are consistently performed on at least 75 percent of patients in acute beds.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that floors in patient care areas are clean and that compliance be monitored.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that clean and dirty items are stored separately.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that SPS employees responsible for reprocessing activities receive annual competency assessments.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that RME standard operating procedures are consistent with manufacturers’ instructions.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that bi-weekly inventories of automated dispensing machines are consistently conducted and that compliance be monitored.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that end of shift counts for non-automated dispensing units are completed daily and that compliance be monitored.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the inspection checklist be amended to include all required items and that processes be strengthened to ensure that inspectors perform drug destruction and audit trail verification and that compliance be monitored.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the PCCT includes a dedicated social worker and a dedicated psychologist or other MH provider.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all non-HPC clinical staff who provide care to patients at the end of their lives receive end-of-life training.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff consistently document location, stage, risk scale score, and/or date pressure ulcer acquired for all patients with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all patients discharged with pressure ulcers have wound care follow-up plans and receive dressing supplies prior to being discharged and that compliance be monitored.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the dietary screening and assessment of patients with pressure ulcers is consistent with facility policy and that compliance be monitored.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the facility fully implement the nurse staffing methodology.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that designated employees receive ongoing construction safety training and that compliance be monitored.
Audit of Foreclosed Property Management Contractor Oversight
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12-01899-238

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 8/27/2013
We recommended the Under Secretary for Benefits ensure the Veterans Benefits Administration's foreclosed property management contractor provides vendor invoices to substantiate expenses claimed by the contractor prior to reimbursement by Loan Guaranty Service.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 8/27/2013
We recommended the Under Secretary for Benefits determine whether it is cost effective to initiate recovery of improper payments identified in our audit.
No. 3
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 4/9/2014
We recommended the Under Secretary for Benefits develop policies that require Loan Guaranty Service to report maintenance exceptions to its foreclosed property management contractor when identified and follow up to ensure correction.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Fargo VA Health Care System, Fargo, North Dakota
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13-01973-288

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/10/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that FPPEs for newly hired LIPs are consistently initiated.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the results of non-VA purchased care during which diagnostic tests are performed are consistently scanned into EHRs.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/10/2014
We recommended that the facility develop instructions for inspections of automated dispensing machines and that compliance be monitored.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all CS inspectors complete the CS Drug-Diversion Inspection Certification prior to beginning CS inspections and annually and that all CS inspectors receive annual updates and refresher training and that compliance be monitored.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that 1 day's dispensing from the pharmacy to each automated unit is consistently reconciled and that a hard copy order for at least 2 randomly selected dispensing activities is verified and that compliance be monitored.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that inspectors consistently verify the number of prescription pads and that 72-hour inventories of the main vault are consistently performed and that compliance be monitored.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that physical counts of all pharmacy drugs are completed during the 1st month of the quarter and that compliance be monitored.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that inspectors verify hard copy prescriptions for 10 percent of the schedule II drugs dispensed in the outpatient pharmacy and that compliance be monitored.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that drugs held for destruction are consistently compared with the Destruction File Holding Report, that inspectors consistently verify drug destructions are completed at least quarterly, and that inspectors ensure audit trails for destruction of 10 randomly selected drugs are consistently verified and that compliance be monitored.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that inspector competencies are documented and that inspectors date and initial inspection documents at the time of the inspection and that compliance be monitored.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff perform and document a patient skin inspection and risk scale at discharge and that compliance be monitored.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff accurately document location, stage, risk scale score, and the date the pressure ulcer was acquired for all patients with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all patients discharged with pressure ulcers have wound care follow-up plans and that compliance be monitored.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that documentation of construction site inspections includes time of inspections, type of corrective action for identified deficiencies, and date and time of corrective actions.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/21/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that infection surveillance activities related to construction projects are conducted and documented in ICC minutes.
Community Based Outpatient Clinic Reviews at VA Central California Health Care System, Fresno, CA
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13-00026-293

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/23/2013
We recommended that managers ensure that patients with normal cervical cancer screening results are notified of results within the required timeframe and that notification is documented in the EHR.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/23/2013
We recommended that managers ensure that clinicians document all required tetanus and pneumococcal vaccine administration elements and that compliance is monitored.
Community Based Outpatient Clinic Reviews at VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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13-00026-272

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/30/2014
We recommended that managers ensure that patients with normal cervical cancer screening results are notified of results within the required timeframe and that notification is documented in the EHR.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/30/2014
We recommended that managers ensure that clinicians document all required pneumococcal vaccine administration elements and that compliance is monitored.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/30/2014
We recommended that laboratory specimens are secured during transport from the New London and Stamford CBOCs and CBOCs’ contract laboratories to the parent facility.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/11/2014
We recommended that all identified EOC deficiencies and corrective actions are tracked and trended for the New London and Stamford CBOCs.
Community Based Outpatient Clinic Reviews at Coatesville VA Medical Center, Coatesville, PA
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13-00026-276

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/1/2014
We recommended that managers ensure that patients with normal cervical cancer screening results are notified of results within the defined timeframe and that notification is documented in the EHR.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/1/2014
We recommended that a process is established to ensure that the ordering provider or surrogate is notified of normal cervical cancer screening results within the allotted timeframe and that notification is documented in the EHR.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia
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13-01972-284

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/10/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that FPPEs for newly hired licensed independent practitioners are consistently completed.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/14/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that code reviews include screening for clinical issues prior to codes that may have contributed to the occurrence of the codes.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/10/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the results of non-VA purchased diagnostic tests are consistently scanned into EHRs.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that clinicians perform and document patient assessments following blood product transfusions.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/14/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that Infection Prevention/Control Committee minutes reflect follow-up on actions that were implemented to address identified problems.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/14/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that patient care area ventilation system outlets, public restrooms, and nourishment refrigerators are clean and that compliance be monitored.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/14/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that restrooms designated for female patients in the women's health clinic have door locks.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/10/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that SPS sterile storage area humidity levels are maintained within acceptable levels and that compliance be monitored.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/14/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all required non-pharmacy areas with CS are inspected and that compliance be monitored.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/14/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that inspectors verify five hard copy prescription orders for all non-pharmacy areas and that compliance will be monitored.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/10/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff provide and document PU education for patients at risk for and with PUs and/or their caregivers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/14/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that equipment used for medication administration is routinely inspected and repaired or removed from service.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that prescription medications are secured at all times and that compliance be monitored.
Community Based Outpatient Clinic Reviews at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA
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13-00026-285

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/12/2014
We recommended that managers ensure that patients with normal cervical cancer screening results are notified of results within the defined timeframe and that notification is documented in the EHR.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/12/2014
We recommended that managers ensure that clinicians administer pneumococcal vaccinations when indicated.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/12/2014
We recommended that managers ensure that clinicians document all required tetanus and pneumococcal vaccination administration elements and that compliance is monitored.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/12/2014
We recommended that the facility ensures fire drills are completed as required at the Aiken and Athens CBOCs.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/12/2014
We recommended that fire extinguisher signage is installed at the Aiken CBOC as required.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/12/2014
We recommended that testing of the panic alarm system is documented at the Aiken CBOC.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/12/2014
We recommended that the facility ensures patient privacy is respected at the Athens CBOC.
Community Based Outpatient Clinic Reviews at Carl Vinson VA Medical Center, Dublin, GA
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13-00026-290

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/8/2014
We recommended that managers ensure that clinicians document all required tetanus and pneumococcal vaccination administration elements and that compliance is monitored.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/18/2014
We recommended that managers conduct chemical inventories and update MSDS lists twice a year at the Brunswick CBOC.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/18/2014
We recommended that the Chief of OI&T implements required security measures at the Macon CBOC.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/18/2014
We recommended that managers document completion of EOC rounds and identify deficiencies in the parent facility's EOC Committee minutes for the Brunswick and Macon CBOCs.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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13-01669-270

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that the local observation bed policy be revised to include how the service and physician responsible for the patient are determined.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/20/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the results of non-VA purchased diagnostic tests are consistently scanned into EHRs.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the blood usage and review process includes the results of proficiency testing, of PRs when transfusions do not meet criteria, and of inspections by government or private (peer) entities.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/23/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that clinicians perform and document patient assessments following blood product transfusions.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that Infection Prevention and Control Committee minutes reflect discussion of high-risk areas and actions implemented to address these areas.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all Infection Prevention and Control Committee members or their designees participate in meetings and that compliance be monitored.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that Infection Prevention and Control Committee minutes reflect discussion of hand hygiene compliance, follow-up actions, and action results.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that monthly hemodialysis dialysate testing includes endotoxins.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that SPS employees receive annual competency assessments for all RME items they reprocess.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that SPS temperature and humidity level monitoring is consistently documented and that compliance be monitored.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that managers initiate actions to address the identified deficiency and that processes be strengthened to ensure that all deficiencies identified during annual physical security surveys are corrected.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/29/2014
We recommended that the facility pressure ulcer policy be revised to address prevention for outpatients and that compliance with the revised policy be monitored.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that Infection Prevention and Control Committee minutes include pressure ulcer data analysis.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/20/2014
We recommended that the facility establish staff pressure ulcer education requirements and that compliance be monitored.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that nursing managers monitor the staffing methodology that was implemented in February 2013.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that the CSC continues to meet and ensures appropriate oversight of construction and renovation activities.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/20/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all CSC members or their designees consistently attend required meetings and that compliance be monitored.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that a contractor tuberculosis risk assessment is conducted prior to construction project initiation.
No. 19
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that construction site inspections are conducted at the facility's required frequency and documented.
No. 20
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that designated employees receive initial and ongoing construction safety training and that compliance be monitored.
No. 21
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/3/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that contractor safety training is verified prior to project initiation.
Vet Center Contracted Care Program Review
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12-00040-268

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with the Readjustment Counseling Service Chief Officer, ensure that Team Leaders receive, review, and approve psychosocial assessments and counseling plans prior to authorizing contracted counseling services.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with the Readjustment Counseling Service Chief Officer, ensure that Team Leaders conduct and document client assessments after 1 year of eligibility for contracted client services.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with the Readjustment Counseling Service Chief Officer, ensure that Team Leaders conduct annual onsite quality reviews for contractors who participate in the Contract for Fee Program.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with the Readjustment Counseling Service Chief Officer, ensure that Readjustment Counseling Service uses a standard template that includes terms and conditions that are consistent with those in the Readjustment Counseling Service policy.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with the Readjustment Counseling Service Chief Officer, ensure that Readjustment Counseling Service maintains and monitors counseling service contracts in accordance with Readjustment Counseling Service and Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
We recommended that the Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with the Readjustment Counseling Service Chief Officer, ensure that Team Leaders authorize contracted counseling services in accordance with Readjustment Counseling Service and Veterans Health Administration policy.
Community Based Outpatient Clinic Reviews at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA
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13-00026-279

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/8/2014
We recommended that managers ensure that patients with normal cervical cancer screening results are notified of results within the required timeframe and that notification is documented in the EHR.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/8/2014
We recommended that managers ensure that clinicians screen patients for tetanus vaccinations.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/8/2014
We recommended that managers ensure that clinicians administer tetanus vaccinations when indicated.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/26/2014
We recommended that the service chief's documentation in VetPro reflects documents reviewed and the rationale for re-privileging at the Fayette County and Washington County CBOCs.
Community Based Outpatient Clinic Reviews at Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center, Clarksburg, WV
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13-00026-281

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/6/2014
We recommended that managers ensure that clinicians screen patients for tetanus vaccinations.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/6/2014
We recommended that biohazardous waste containers are available in the CBOC.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/6/2014
We recommended that managers maintain a written, current inventory of hazardous materials at the CBOC.
Healthcare Inspection - Alleged Patient Rights, Quality of Care, and Other Issues, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington
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13-02235-277

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/5/2014
We recommended the System Director ensure the Women Veterans Program Manager provides chaperone policy education to all system primary care clinics and monitors compliance.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/5/2014
We recommended the System Director ensure all staff are informed about the VHA requirement to report allegations of patient abuse and educated on the processes for reporting the alleged abuse.
Combined Assessment Program Review of the Sheridan VA Healthcare System, Sheridan, Wyoming
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13-01671-262

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/13/2014
We recommended that ECC membership includes all required disciplines.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/19/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the quality of entries in the EHR is reviewed.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the results of non-VA purchased care are consistently scanned into EHRs.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 6/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that results of compliance with RME SOPs are reported to the RME Management Committee and the MEB.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 4/16/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that SPS employees responsible for reprocessing activities receive initial RME training and annual competency assessments.
No. 6
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Closure Date: 6/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that manufacturers’ instructions are available for all RME items, that RME is reprocessed at the specified temperature, and that compliance be monitored.
No. 7
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Closure Date: 6/25/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that SPS sterile storage area temperature and humidity levels are consistently monitored and maintained within acceptable levels.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/16/2014
We recommended that facility policy be amended to include the requirement that CS inspectors receive annual updates regarding problematic issues identified through external survey findings and other quality control measures and that processes be strengthened to ensure that CS inspectors receive annual updates.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/16/2014
We recommended that the facility develop instructions for inspections of automated dispensing machines and that processes be strengthened to ensure that monthly findings summaries are provided to the facility Director and that quarterly trend reports clearly summarize discrepancies and problematic trends and identify potential areas for improvement.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/13/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that CS inspectors’ appointments state the end date of their term and that CS inspectors’ terms do not exceed 3 years.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/16/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that monthly inspections of all pharmacy and non-pharmacy areas with CS are conducted in accordance with VHA requirements and include all required elements and that compliance be monitored.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/13/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that the PCCT includes a dedicated administrative support person.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/13/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all non-HPC clinical staff who provide care to patients at the end of their lives receive end-of-life training.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/16/2014
We recommended that a process be established to track HPC consults that are not acted upon within 7 days of the request.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/19/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that HPC inpatients’ pain is consistently assessed whenever vital signs are obtained and results documented in EHRs and that compliance be monitored.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/19/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that HPC inpatients’ pain assessments are documented in EHRs using approved note titles and that compliance be monitored.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/13/2014
We recommended that the interprofessional pressure ulcer committee includes a certified wound care specialist.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/16/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff consistently document pressure ulcer location and stage and perform and document all required daily activities/inspections for patients with pressure ulcers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 19
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/16/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff provide and document recommended pressure ulcer interventions and that compliance be monitored.
No. 20
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Closure Date: 4/16/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff perform and document skin inspections and risk scales at discharge and that compliance be monitored.
No. 21
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Closure Date: 4/16/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that all patients discharged with pressure ulcers have wound care follow-up plans and receive dressing supplies prior to discharge and that compliance be monitored.
No. 22
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/16/2014
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that acute care staff provide and document pressure ulcer education for patients and/or their caregivers and that compliance be monitored.
No. 23
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/13/2014
We recommended that the facility establish staff pressure ulcer education requirements and that compliance be monitored.
No. 24
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Closure Date: 4/16/2014
We recommended that nursing managers monitor the staffing methodology that was implemented in March 2013.
Audit of Non-Purchase Card Micro-Purchases
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12-01860-237

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/8/2014
We recommended the Under Secretary for Health collaborate with the VA Office of Management to establish policies and procedures to regularly identify and evaluate the universe of micro-purchases and non-purchase card micro-purchases to monitor the level of Veterans Health Administration use of purchase cards.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/18/2014
We recommended the Under Secretary for Health establish annual and long-term strategic goals to increase the percentage of VA medical facility micro-purchases made with purchase cards.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/14/2014
We recommended the Under Secretary for Health implement mechanisms to ensure purchasers and approvers adequately consider purchase card use for micro-purchases.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/18/2014
We recommended the Under Secretary for Health modify policies and procedures requiring Veterans Integrated Service Networks to perform oversight of non-purchase card micro-purchases that identifies opportunities for increased use of purchase cards.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 120,000,000.00
Inspection of VA Regional Office Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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13-01445-271

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No. 1
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Closure Date: 8/8/2013
We recommended that processes be strengthened to ensure that designated employees receive ongoing construction safety training and that compliance be monitored.
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