Report 2007-121 Recommendation 8 Responses

Report 2007-121: Veterans Home of California at Yountville: It Needs Stronger Planning and Oversight in Key Operational Areas, and Some Processes for Resolving Complaints Need Improvement (Release Date: April 2008)

Recommendation #8 To: Veterans Affairs, Department of

To ensure the Veterans Home’s medical equipment is maintained as prescribed by the equipments’ manufacturers, the Veterans Home should take the steps necessary to ensure the medical equipment inventory, on which maintenance activities are based, is accurate.

1-Year Agency Response

The Veterans Home stated it has completed an inventory update involving the contractor, the nursing service, the property department, and plant operations, the latter of which is the contract monitor. In addition, inventory is now periodically reviewed with service area managers and compared to the revised inventory submitted by the contractor. (2010-406, p. 28)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2007-121

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.