| Facility failed to meet the following Requirement(s): | Corrected Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| The administrator 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 cup 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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| Medications that are not in current use shall be disposed of as follows:
(E) Medications may be returned to the pharmacy that dispensed the medications pursuant to 20 CSR 2220-3.040 or returned pursuant to the Prescription Drug Repository Program, 19 CSR 20-50.020. All other medications, including all controlled substances and all expired or otherwise unusable medications, shall be destroyed within thirty (30) days as follows:
1. Medications shall be destroyed within the facility by a pharmacist and a licensed nurse or by two (2) licensed nurses or when two (2) licensed nurses are not available on staff by two (2) individuals who have authority to administer medications, one (1) of whom shall be a licensed nurse or a pharmacist; and
2. A record of medication destroyed shall be maintained and shall include the resident ' s name, date, medication name and strength, quantity, prescription number, and signatures of the individuals destroying the medications; II/III
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Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services