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| Fire Drills and Emergency Preparedness.
(D) A minimum of twelve (12) fire drills shall be conducted annually with at least one (1) every three (3) months on each shift. At least four (4) of the required fire drills must be unannounced to residents and staff, excluding staff who are assigned to evaluate staff and resident response to the fire drill. The fire drills shall include a resident evacuation at least once a year. II/III
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| The administrator/manager shall develop and implement a safe and effective system of medication control and use, which assures that all residents ' medications are administered by personnel at least eighteen (18) years of age, in accordance with physicians ' instructions using acceptable nursing techniques. The facility shall employ a licensed nurse eight (8) hours per week for every thirty (30) residents to monitor each resident ' s condition and medication. Administration of medication shall mean delivering to a resident his or her prescription medication either in the original pharmacy container, or for internal medication, removing an individual dose from the pharmacy container and placing it in a small container or liquid medium for the resident to remove from the container and self-administer. External prescription medication may be applied by facility personnel if the resident is unable to do so and the resident ' s physician so authorizes. All individuals who administer medication shall be trained in medication administration and, if not a physician or a licensed nurse, shall be a certified medication technician or level I medication aide. I/II
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| Medication Orders.
(F) Medication staff shall record administration of medication on a medication sheet or directly in the resident ' s record. If administration of medication is recorded on a medication sheet, the medication sheet shall be made part of the resident ' s medical record. The same individual who prepares and administers the medication shall record the administration. II/III
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| (B) Inventories of controlled substances shall be reconciled by the following:
1. Two (2) medication personnel, one of whom is a licensed nurse; or
2. Two (2) medication personnel, one of whom is the administrator/manager when no nurse is available on staff; or
3. Two (2) medication personnel either medication technicians or level I medication aides when neither a licensed nurse nor the administrator/manager is available. II/III
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| Medications that are not in current use shall be disposed of as follows:
(F) All other medications, including all controlled substances and all expired or otherwise unusable medications, shall be destroyed within thirty (30) days as follows: II/III
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| All floors in the facility shall be clean and shall be maintained in good repair. Floors and floor coverings of all food-preparation, food-storage and utensil-washing areas, and the floors of all walk-in refrigerating units, dressing rooms, locker rooms, toilet rooms and vestibules shall be constructed of smooth durable material such as sealed concrete, terrazzo, ceramic tile, durable grades of linoleum or plastic, or tight wood impregnated with plastic. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of antislip floor covering in areas where necessary for safety reasons. III
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| Walls and ceilings, including doors, windows and skylights, shall be clean and maintained in good repair. III
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| Light fixtures, vent covers, wall-mounted fans, decorative materials and similar equipment attached to walls and ceilings shall be easily cleanable and shall be maintained clean and in good repair. III
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