Detox Center’s Future Uncertain Following State Investigation Of Patient’s Death
The state requires a newly admitted patient to be checked at least every 30 minutes during the first 12 hours after admission, but an investigation found that Pacific Coast Detox did not check the patient as frequently as required and “staff entered false information in decedent’s file,” the documents say.
Orange County Register:
Costa Mesa Detox Center Could Permanently Lose License After Patient Death
The state Department of Health Care Services is seeking to revoke the license of Costa Mesa substance abuse facility Pacific Coast Detox, after a patient died at the center and staff allegedly falsified his medical records. State spokeswoman Carol Sloan said the facility’s license has been suspended pending the outcome of a revocation hearing, which was requested by Pacific Coast. A date has not yet been set. (Perkes, 11/21)
In other health care news from across the state —
KPBS Public Media:
Two Tuberculosis Cases Reported At San Diego County Schools
Two cases of tuberculosis in which others may have been exposed were reported Monday by the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency at high schools in National City and Tierrasanta. The period of possible exposure at Sweetwater High in National City was from July 20 to Oct. 25, according to the HHSA. Free testing for students and staff will take place Nov. 29 on campus. (11/21)
Orange County Register:
Five Questions With CSUF Speech Language Hearing Student Leader Shay Gasperian
With 220 Cal State Fullerton students involved in the university’s National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) chapter, the on-campus Speech and Hearing Clinic and Center for Children Who Stutter are hardly at a shortage of student volunteers and assistants. The gold-accredited CSUF NSSLHA chapter – founded in 1972 – is one of more than 320 college and university chapters in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Greece, Israel and Saudi Arabia. (Marcos, 11/21)