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32 | The investigation revealed the following:
Allegation: Staff mismanages residents' medications.
It is alleged that staff mismanages residents medications as R1 accidentally consumed food that contained medication belonging to R2 and was thus sent to the hospital because of this incident. Per Staff interviews it was determined that during medication administration Staff #3 (S3) placed crushed medication in food for R2 and R1 grabbed the food and ate some of it. S3 immediately let front staff know of incident and 911 was called, ambulance arrived and transported R1 to hospital for cleansing and observation and returned to facility same day, all responsible parties were notified and an SIR was submitted to licensing. Facility provided R1 with all follow up appointments following the incident. After medical record review it was found that R2 has a physicians order stating that medication of R2 is able to be sprinkled in food and consumed. S1 stated that an in-service training was conducted after this incident and covered medication administration, S1 provided LPA with a copy of the In-Service training log with participant signatures and training materials. During interview with S3, staff confirmed in-service was conducted after incident covering the medication administration and that they attended the training. LPA reviewed 5 resident medications during visit with no issues observed. LPA interviewed 5 residents and 5 out of 5 residents stated that they are provided medication at the facility and have never experienced staff mismanaging their medication. During interview with R1, resident stated they didn't know that there was medication in the food, went to the hospital right after and had follow up visits with their doctors after the incident.
Based on LPA's observations and interviews which were conducted, and resident record review, the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, therefore the above allegation is found to be SUBSTANTIATED. California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 6 and Chapter 8 are being cited on the attached LIC 9099D.
Exit interview held, and a copy of this report and appeal rights was provided to Assistant Administrator Martha Rosas. |