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rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
19 KULA HOSPITAL 125003 100 KEOKEA PLACE KULA HI 96790 2017-04-21 157 D 0 1 1M3411 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on clinical record review and interviews, the facility failed to immediately notify the resident's representatives when there was a significant change in the resident's physical condition and health status for 1 of 23 residents (Resident #12) in the Stage 2 sample. Finding includes: During a confidential family interview on 04/11/2017 at 10:31 AM, a family member stated he/she is the person who would be notified of a change in condition involving Resident #12 (R #12). The family member stated there had been a recent change in R #12's health condition. The family member stated he/she had not been promptly notified by staff caring for R #12 of the laboratory tests and an electrocardiogram (EKG) that had been ordered. The family member further said the tests were ordered about a week ago on a Friday, and when he/she came to visit R #12 on Sunday, the resident was going through an exacerbation of her [MEDICAL CONDITIONS]. The family member stated the resident was also found to have swelling (edma) of her face and hands. During a follow-up confidential interview on 04/12/2017 at 9:02 AM, the family member said, I knew (the resident) was quite lethargic but not aware of the labs and EK[NAME] The family member also said there was a decline in the resident's condition and by that Sunday, 4/2/17, the on call physician was called to assess R #12. The family member stated although another family member is the primary contact (he/she) asked for me (this family member) to be contacted first due to a language barrier. The resident's clinical chart documents this family member to be the first person the facility is to call on the resident's contact list. The family member re-verified that no staff informed him/her of the labs and EKG and change in the resident's condition. On 04/13/2017 at 8:06 AM, an interview with Staff #58 was done. Staff #58 said R #12's [MEDICAL CONDITION] gets more complicated, but confirmed that when an EKG and labs are ordered, the family is to be notified. Staff #58 verified based on his chart review, there was no clinical documentation by Staff #100 to show that R #12's family member who is to be contacted first had been notified. Staff #58 said it was important that it be documented, but that it had not been done. The facility failed to immediately notify/contact the family member listed as the first person to contact regarding a change in the resident's condition and the ordered clinical tests. 2020-09-01