Unauthorized Access to Medication Room by Delivery Personnel
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to ensure that only authorized personnel had access to the medication storage rooms, as required by regulations. During an observation, a pharmacy delivery was accepted by an LPN, who then entered the medication room with the delivery person. The LPN left the medication room, leaving the delivery person alone inside for approximately five minutes before the delivery person exited. In interviews, both the LPN and the Administrator confirmed that the delivery person should not have been left alone in the medication room. This is a repeat deficiency, having been cited during the previous recertification survey.