Failure to Secure Medication and Treatment Carts
Penalty
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Summary
Staff failed to ensure that medication carts and treatment carts containing residents' treatment supplies, PRN creams, and insulin pens were always locked when not within the nurses' line of sight. On one occasion, a treatment cart was observed unlocked in a hallway, and an administrative nurse subsequently locked it. Interviews with nursing staff confirmed that facility policy requires medication and treatment carts to be locked if staff are not able to see them. The facility's policy, revised in October 2024, states that all drugs and biologicals must be stored in a safe, secure, and orderly manner.