Medication Carts Found Unlocked and Unattended
Penalty
Summary
Facility nursing staff failed to maintain medication carts in a locked and secure manner, as required for the storage of drugs and biologicals. During the initial tour, one medication cart on the second-floor nursing unit was found unlocked and unattended, with a medicine cup containing two cherry-colored oval tablets left on top of the cart. Additionally, on the fourth-floor nursing unit, two medication carts were observed unlocked and unattended, and on the third-floor nursing unit, two more medication carts were found in the same unsecured and unattended state. These observations were made during a complaint survey and involved three of four nursing units in the facility. No information regarding specific residents, their medical history, or their condition at the time of the deficiency was provided in the report.