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25 | Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Ruth Wallace contacted the facility on this day via telephone to conduct a Case Management - Incident Visit. This visit was conducted by telephone in lieu of a physical visit due to the current COVID-19 precautions. LPA spoke with Administrator (AD) Mary Margaret Chappell and explained the purpose of the visit.
On June 13, 2020 an Incident Report was submitted to Community Care Licensing (CCL) from Mary. Five medications were given to Resident (R1) by mistake, medications were intended for another resident at facility. On June 9, 2020 at approximately 4:40 PM, Medication Technician (MT) Staff (S1) was training MT- (S2) when S1 stepped away briefly to assist another resident. S1 stated that she told S2 to wait for her to return before assisting in administering any medications. S2 did not follow S1’s instructions and mistakenly gave all five of the medications to R1 instead of the correct resident.
Medications given to R1 were Depakote 125mg (behaviors), Lithium Carbonate 150mg (Bipolar Disorder), Risperdal 0.25mg (Agitation, and Senna 8.6mg (Stool Softener).
R1’s routine medications at 5:00 PM medication pass is Colace 100mg (Stool Softener), Coreg 6.25mg (Hypertension), Lipitor 20mg (High Cholesterol), Namenda 10mg (Dementia), and Seroquel 50mg (Anxiety/Behavior).
Staff notified Health and Wellness Director, Mary, R1’s family, R1's Primary Care Physician Confidential (C1) and Community Care Licensing.
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