Pennsylvania Department of Health
NORRITON SQUARE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER
Patient Care Inspection Results

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NORRITON SQUARE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER
Inspection Results For:

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NORRITON SQUARE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER - Inspection Results Scope of Citation
Number of Residents Affected
By Deficient Practice
Initial comments:

Based on an Abbreviated Survey in response a reportable incident completed on September 10, 2024 it was determined that Norrition Square Nursing and Rehabilitation Center was not in compliance with the following Requirements of 42 CFR Part 483, Subpart B, Requirements for Long Term Care Facilities and the 28 Pa. Code, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Long Term Care Licensure Regulations related to the health portion of the survey process.










 Plan of Correction:


483.45(a)(b)(1)-(3) REQUIREMENT Pharmacy Srvcs/Procedures/Pharmacist/Records:This is a less serious (but not lowest level) deficiency and is isolated to the fewest number of residents, staff, or occurrences. This deficiency is one that results in minimal discomfort to the resident or has the potential (not yet realized) to negatively affect the resident's ability to achieve his/her highest functional status.
§483.45 Pharmacy Services
The facility must provide routine and emergency drugs and biologicals to its residents, or obtain them under an agreement described in §483.70(f). The facility may permit unlicensed personnel to administer drugs if State law permits, but only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse.

§483.45(a) Procedures. A facility must provide pharmaceutical services (including procedures that assure the accurate acquiring, receiving, dispensing, and administering of all drugs and biologicals) to meet the needs of each resident.

§483.45(b) Service Consultation. The facility must employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist who-

§483.45(b)(1) Provides consultation on all aspects of the provision of pharmacy services in the facility.

§483.45(b)(2) Establishes a system of records of receipt and disposition of all controlled drugs in sufficient detail to enable an accurate reconciliation; and

§483.45(b)(3) Determines that drug records are in order and that an account of all controlled drugs is maintained and periodically reconciled.
Observations:
Based on observations, staff interviews, and the review of facility documentation, it was determined that the pharmacy failed to timely respond to the facility inquiry of a possible error in the dispensing of a medication for 1 out of 4 residents reviewed (Resident R1).

Findings include:

Review of the facility policy, "Provider Pharmacy Requirements," with a date of January 2023 indicated that the provider pharmacy agrees to perform pharmaceutical services that include providing medications packaged in accordance with the nursing care center's need and equipment requirements and accurately dispensing prescriptions based on authorized prescriber orders.

Review of the September 2024 physician orders indicated that Resident R1 had diagnosis that included cerebral infarction (a stroke); dysphasia (difficulty swallowing); aphasia (brain disorder that affects speaking and understanding language); heart disease, and hypertension (high blood pressure).

Continued review of the September 2024 physician orders included a physician's order dated January 5, 2024, and monthly thereafter, for the medication Lisinopril (oral tablet). The order indicated that the resident was to be administered 1-40 milligram tablet by mouth, one time a day for the treatment of hypertension.

Review of information reported to the State Survey Agency August 28, 2024 indicated that on August 27, 2024, Employee E3 (Licensed nurse) was in the process of administering the resident's Lisinopril to Resident R1 when licensed nurse noticed that the description of the medication on the medication card sent from the pharmacy department did not match the description of the medication that was actually packaged in that medication card.

Continued review of the information submitted to the State Survey Agency indicated that the unidentified medication was not administered, and that after the Employee E3 and Employee E4 (unit manager) researched the medication that was in the medication card, both employees determined that the medication packaged in the medication card was 450 milligrams of Lithium (a mood stabilizer that is used to treat the manic episodes of bipolar disorder) instead of 40 milligrams of Lisinopril. The investigation concluded that the resident received 21 doses of Lithium over the past three weeks, that was not prescribed to him, instead of his prescribed medication, Lisinopril.

During an interview with Unit manager, Employee E4 on September 10, 2024 at 12:45 p.m. Employee E4 reported that she notified the facility's pharmacy representative regarding the medication card having the wrong medication in it, and the pharmacy representative informed her to send the medication back to the facility pharmacy on the above noted date, and that t he (pharmacy representative) would escalate the matter to the pharmacy manager.

During an interview with Unit Manger, Employee E3 on September 10, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. Employee E3 confirmed the information in the interview that she provided in her statement regarding the discovery of the wrong medication packed in the medication card was accurate. Employee E3 was asked how the medication was verified to be Lithium, and she reported that both she and Employee E4 confirmed that the medication in the medication card was packaged with 450-milligram tablets of Lithium by researching the features of the medication imprinted on the Lithium tablet (e.g. numbers, letters, shape of the pill etc) on the internet.

During an interview with the Nursing Home Administrator (NHA) and the Director of Nursing (DON) on September 10, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. it was discussed that although Employee E3 and Employee E4 researched the medication features on the internet and think that they determined through that search that the pills in the medication card were Lithium tablets, true verification of what the resident was administered for 21 days out of the month of August 2024 needs to be determined by the pharmacy. During the interview the DON confirmed that the pharmacy did not confirm the identity of the medication with the facility yet.

The facility failed to ensure that pharmacy services accurately dispensed medication for Resident R1.

28 Pa. Code 211.9 (a)(b) Pharmacy services

28 Pa. Code 211.12 (d)(1)(3)(5) Nursing Services





 Plan of Correction - To be completed: 11/09/2024

1. Resident 1 did not suffer any adverse reactions. Pharmacy delivered the correct medication as ordered on the same day of occurrence.

2. Nursing Administration or designee will conduct an initial audit of all residents receiving Lisinopril to ensure they are receiving the correct medication as ordered.

3. Pharmacy Director will re-educate the pharmacist on the importance of pill verification and re-educate on the RPH2 (product verification) override function. The pharmacy technician filling the medication was coached on matching NDCs for all medications filled to ensure that pharmacy services accurately dispensed the correct medication.

4. Nursing Administration or designee will conduct random weekly audits of Lisinopril to ensure all residents are receiving Lisinopril as ordered X 12 weeks.

5. Nursing Administration or designee will review outcome audits at QAPI Committee X 3 months



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