Samaritan Healthcare, based in Moses Lake, Wash., has corrected deficiencies in anesthesia practice noticed by Department of Health surveyors, according to a Columbia Basin Herald report.
During a survey on Dec. 11, 2011, DOH surveyors found the hospital failed to follow standards of care in the administration and maintenance of anesthesia medication. The deficiencies threatened the hospital's Medicaid certification, which is now safe after the hospital took corrective action
Deficiencies observed by DOH surveyors included anesthetists failing to properly label syringes filled with medication, working without physician supervision, checking out medications for one patient under another patient's name and failing to swab medication vials with alcohol.
The hospital immediately contracted with Premier Anesthesia, a Georgia company with an office in Richland.
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During a survey on Dec. 11, 2011, DOH surveyors found the hospital failed to follow standards of care in the administration and maintenance of anesthesia medication. The deficiencies threatened the hospital's Medicaid certification, which is now safe after the hospital took corrective action
Deficiencies observed by DOH surveyors included anesthetists failing to properly label syringes filled with medication, working without physician supervision, checking out medications for one patient under another patient's name and failing to swab medication vials with alcohol.
The hospital immediately contracted with Premier Anesthesia, a Georgia company with an office in Richland.
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