Failure to Properly Store and Label Medications
Penalty
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Summary
Surveyors observed that the facility failed to ensure proper storage and labeling of medications in accordance with accepted professional standards. Specifically, in one medication cart, a card containing 21 tablets of Hyoscyamine Sulfate Sublingual 0.125 mg for a resident was found with a discard after date that had already passed, indicating the medication was expired but still available for use. Additionally, a bottle of Vitamin D 10 mcg tablets was found opened without a label indicating the date it was opened. During interviews, both the LPN and the Director of Nursing confirmed these findings and acknowledged that the expired medication should have been discarded and the opened bottle should have been labeled with the open date.