Failure to Label Opened Medication in Refrigerator
Penalty
Fine: $12,73529 days payment denial
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Summary
During an observation in the medication room, an opened box of lorazepam oral concentrate was found inside the refrigerator without an open-date label. The Interim Director of Nursing (IDON) confirmed the medication was opened and not labeled with the date it was first used. Facility policy requires that medications stored in the refrigerator be labeled accordingly, but this procedure was not followed in this instance. No information about specific residents or their medical history was provided in relation to this deficiency.