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32 | Based on a review of the facility policies and procedures for medication management, facility staff classified as medication technicians were tasked with handling, dispensing, and documentation of the resident medications.
It was learned that this facility employed an electronic medication administration record (E-MAR) system which required medication technicians to log in, verify that the medications corresponded to the correct resident, and initialed into this system after dispensing the medications to the residents in care. A review of this E-MAR system was conducted at this time.
It was learned that there were facility residents who were prescribed narcotics by their attending licensed medical professional as well. Based on a review of the policies and procedures for handling, dispensing, and documentation of the resident narcotics, it was learned that the incoming shift would always conduct a count with the outgoing shift to make sure that the dispensed dates were correct, narcotics count numbers were aligned, and any changes or re-orders were addressed at that time.
A review of the narcotics medication administration record was conducted at this time.
It was learned that there were a total of 29 facility residents who did not require their medications to be centrally stored by this facility and it's staff. It was learned that these residents were deemed capable by their licensed medical professionals to be able to store and self care with their medications at this time.
Based on interviews conducted during the course of this investigation, it was learned that there weren't any issues in regards to staff retaliating against facility residents at any time. It was learned that there have not been any incidents reported to this facility at this time.
As a result of this investigation, this Department found the allegations to be UNSUBSTANTIATED. A complaint allegations finding of Unsubstantiated meant that although the allegations may have happened or were valid, there was not a preponderance of the evidence to prove that the alleged violations occurred.
There were no deficiencies observed or cited at this time.
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