Policy Manual sample

MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. SAFETY-CLIENT SETTING PURPOSE: To ensure a safe home environment for the patient/client and his/her family/caregivers as well as for the Agency staff member. POLICY: The safety of the home will be evaluated and corrective action taken. Safety education will be provided to the patient/client and family. PROCEDURE: 1. A Home Safety Checklist will be completed during the initial home visit (the OASIS safety information collected, if applicable, will be enough). Unsafe conditions should be reported immediately to the Director of Clinical Services or designee and a corrective action plan developed with the patient/client and family. 2. Instruct patients/clients and family upon admission and as needed in basic home safety including but not limited to. methods for preventing falls, use of equipment, correct performance of tasks, care and disposal of hazardous waste an fire/emergency safety Procedures. 3. Instruct the patient/client to have emergency telephone numbers for the police, fire department, and poison control center along with a neighbor's number readily available near the phone where they can be easily seen. 4. Appropriate emergency back-up systems will be documented and in place as needed. i.e. contacting public utility companies of home ventilator patients/clients. 5. The 24 hour on call telephone number to access Agency staff will be provided to the patient/client and family. 6. Patient/client related safety hazards will be documented in the clinical record. 7. All accidents or injuries will be reported to the Agency administrator, documented on the Variance Occurrence document and reviewed by the Quality Improvement Committee. L-22 Home Health Agency Client Assessments