Failure to Maintain Temperature Log for Medication Refrigerator
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure proper monitoring of medication refrigerator temperatures in one of two medication storage refrigerators, as required for safe storage of drugs and biologicals. During observation of medication room [ROOM NUMBER] with the DON, surveyors noted a full-size refrigerator containing medications that did not have a temperature record log attached for February 2026. Review of the facility’s Storage of Medications policy, dated 2001, showed that drugs and biologicals were to be stored under proper temperature controls. In an interview, the DON reported that they searched but were unable to locate the missing temperature log for the medication refrigerator in medication room [ROOM NUMBER] and stated that the log should have been kept on the refrigerator and completed in full. No specific residents or their medical conditions were mentioned in relation to this deficiency.
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