Niles Canyon Post Acute
NILES CANYON POST ACUTE in FREMONT, CA — inspection on February 23, 2026.
Found 3 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
During a review of
no blood sugar assessments between admission, 3/11/24, and 3/18/25.During a review of Resident
admitted to GACH on 3/9/25 at 3:47 p.m. with altered mental status, including lethargy, confusion, partial responsiveness, and weakness.
During a review of Resident 2's Labs from the GACH, dated 3/9/25 at 6:26 p.m., Resident 2's blood glucose was greater than 800 mg/dl.
During a review of the facility's policy and procedure (P&P) titled, Diabetes Clinical Protocol, the P&P indicated, The provider will order desired glucose targets and monitoring regimens, as well as parameters for reporting information related to blood sugar management.the provider will adjust treatments based on these results and other factors such as glycosuria, weight gain or loss, hypoglycemic episodes, etc.
Assess glycemic status by A1C measurement, blood glucose monitoring by capillary/fingerstick devices.
Examples of blood glucose monitoring for various situations might include the following: For the resident on oral medication(s) who is well controlled monitor blood glucose levels at least twice weekly (or more frequently if there is a change in drugs or drug dosages); monitor A1C on admission (if no results from a previous test are available) or when diabetes is diagnosed and every 6 months thereafter.
055562 02/23/2026
Niles Canyon Post Acute 38650 Mission Boulevard Fremont, CA 94536
During a review of the
identify and order diagnostic and lab testing based on resident's diagnostic and monitoring needs.
055562 02/23/2026
Niles Canyon Post Acute 38650 Mission Boulevard Fremont, CA 94536
During a review of Resident 2's Labs from GACH, dated 3/9/25 at 6:26 p.m., Resident 2's blood glucose was greater than 800 mg/dl.
During a review of the facility's policy and procedure (P&P) titled, Guidelines for Notifying Physicians of Clinical Problems, the P&P indicated, The practitioner is responsible for.Responding in a timely manner to calls; especially regarding Immediate Notification problems.Communicating sufficient detail to appropriate staff about the assessment and management of the problem and the resident/patient.During a review of the facility's P&P titled, Lab and Diagnostic Test Results-Clinical, the P&P indicated, a Physician can be notified by phone, fax, voicemail, email, mail.
Pager or telephone message to another person acting as the physicians agent.Facility staff should document information about when, how, and to whom the information was provided and the response.
This should be done in the progress notes section of the medical record and not on the lab results report.
Alternatively, the staff and physician may also establish designated times during the day when they will review test results with physician by phone. A physician will respond within an appropriate time frame, based on the request from nursing staff and clinical significance of the information.A physician should respond within one hour regarding a lab result requiring immediate notification, and by the end of the next office day to a non-emergency message regarding non-immediate lab test notification with a request for response.
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