Expired Medications and Unlabeled Biologicals Found in Medication Storage
Penalty
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Summary
Surveyors observed that medications and biologicals in the facility's medication storage room were not properly managed according to professional standards. Specifically, a bottle of mouthwash and two bottles of omeprazole suspension were found in the medication refrigerator with expiration dates that had already passed, and these expired items had not been removed. Additionally, a set of glucose test solutions was found without a date indicating when it was opened. The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) confirmed that the expired medications should have been removed and that the glucose test solution should have been dated when opened.