State regulators said Butler Hospital failed to protect patients’ right to receive care in a safe setting when the psychiatric hospital on Providence’s East Side allowed an unlicensed medical assistant to insert an intravenous catheter into three patients.
Rhode Island requires that insertion of an IV catheter only be done by a registered nurse.
The deficiencies cited follow a June 17 inspection for compliance with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS. The inspection report was provided to The Public’s Radio in response to a public records request…