Failure to Date Opened Medications with Shortened Expiry
Penalty
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Summary
Surveyors observed that staff failed to store drugs and biologicals in accordance with State and Federal laws, specifically by not dating medications with shortened expiry dates once opened, as required by the facility's own policy. During an inspection of a medication cart, one fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhaler, two incruse ellipta inhalers, and one lantus solostar insulin pen were found opened but undated. Interviews with the Unit Manager and the DON confirmed that these medications should have been dated upon opening due to their shortened expiry periods, but this was not done.