Failure to Properly Label and Store Medications
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that drugs and biologicals were properly labeled and stored according to accepted professional principles. During observation of two medication carts on the 100 hall, several medications were found without dates indicating when they were opened. Specifically, one resident had a bottle of latanoprost that should have been refrigerated until opened and a bottle of ofloxacin eye drops with no opening date. Another resident had a bottle of fluticasone nasal spray without an opening date, and a third resident had a bottle of Systane balance also lacking an opening date. The Director of Nursing acknowledged the difficulty in keeping up with the dating of medications. The facility's policy requires medications to be stored under proper temperature controls and in accordance with state and federal laws, but these requirements were not met in the observed instances.