Failure to Secure Resident Medications
Penalty
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Summary
Surveyors observed that medications were not properly secured for three residents. One resident had a medication cup containing six tablets of various shapes and colors left on her bedside table, with a handwritten label and another cup covering it; the resident stated she had refused the medication and that it was left by a nurse from a previous shift. Another resident had a vial of eye drops lubricant on her bedside table, and a third resident had Nystatin powder also left on her bedside table. The Director of Nursing confirmed that all medications should be secured in the medication cart and not left in resident rooms, as per facility policy, which requires medications to be stored safely and in locked storage areas.