Failure to Administer Physician-Ordered Medication
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to administer medication as ordered by the physician for one of three sampled residents reviewed for medication administration. Specifically, a resident with hypothyroidism had an active order for levothyroxine sodium oral tablet 150 mcg, which was to be started and continued until discharge. However, the July medication administration record showed that the medication was not administered on two consecutive days, with blank areas noted for those dates. The quality coordinator confirmed that there was no documented reason for the missed doses, and acknowledged that the medication should have been given according to the physician's order.