Failure to Properly Track and Secure Controlled Medications
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to ensure that controlled medications were properly tracked and secured, as evidenced by a missing licensed nurse signature on the narcotic accountability sheet for one of two medication carts reviewed. Specifically, during an audit of the 200 Hall medication cart, it was observed that the narcotic accountability sheets covering a two-week period had only one nurse's signature documented on a particular date, instead of the required two. Staff interviews confirmed that two nurses were expected to sign the narcotic accountability sheet when accepting or releasing the medication cart, but this procedure was not followed on the identified date.