Expired Medications and Supplies Found in Medication Storage Room
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors identified a failure to ensure removal of expired medications and supplies from the facility’s medication storage room, contrary to requirements that drugs and biologicals be properly labeled and stored. During an observation of the medication room with a registered nurse, surveyors found multiple expired items, including a box of 25-gauge needles with 3 ml syringes, a box of 21-gauge needles with 3 ml syringes, several packets and tubes of lubricating jelly, and multiple bisacodyl suppositories, all past their labeled expiration dates. The administrator reported that 37 residents resided in the facility at the time of the survey. During the same observation, the RN accompanying the surveyor acknowledged that the expired medications and supplies should already have been removed from the medication room. No additional information was provided about specific residents’ medical histories or conditions in relation to these expired items.
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