Expired Medical Supplies and Improper Medication Labeling in Medication Room
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors found that the facility failed to comply with its own policies and federal regulations regarding the storage and labeling of drugs and biologicals in one of two medication rooms reviewed. Specifically, 47 blood collection sets and three blood collection tubes were found to be expired but still available for use by staff. Additionally, a vial of Tubersol, a medication used for tuberculosis testing, was open and not labeled with the date it was first accessed, contrary to the package insert instructions requiring disposal 30 days after opening. These findings were confirmed through staff interviews, including with an LPN and the Nursing Home Administrator, who acknowledged that expired supplies should not be in circulation and that opened vials should be properly dated.