Expired Medications Not Discarded in Medication Rooms
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors found that the facility failed to store drugs and biologicals in accordance with accepted professional principles by not discarding expired medications in two medication rooms. During observations with the Assistant Director of Nursing, expired medications including Sodium Chloride Tablets, Acetaminophen suppositories, and Bisacodyl suppositories were found in Med Room A, while expired Ferrous Sulfate Elixir and Vitamin D-3 were found in Med Room B/C. The Assistant Director of Nursing confirmed that these medications were expired and should have been discarded, but they remained in the medication rooms in violation of the facility's own policy requiring the destruction of discontinued, outdated, or deteriorated drugs or biologicals.