Failure to Properly Label Biologicals and Secure Medications
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors observed that glucose test solutions in the facility were not labeled with the date they were opened or their expiration date, as required. Both an LPN and an RN confirmed that the glucose test solutions should have been dated when opened, but were not. Additionally, a resident with multiple diagnoses, including hypertension, diabetes, and PTSD, was found to have their morning medications left unattended in a medication cup on their bedside table without a licensed nurse present. The nurse responsible, who was an agency nurse on her first day with the resident, was unaware if the resident had a self-medication administration assessment. The DON later confirmed that the resident was not approved to self-administer medications and that the nurse should not have left the medications at the bedside.