cms_WV: 9269
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rowid | facility_name | facility_id | address | city | state | zip | inspection_date | deficiency_tag | scope_severity | complaint | standard | eventid | inspection_text | filedate |
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9269 | CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL TCU | 515126 | 1340 HAL GREER BOULEVARD | HUNTINGTON | WV | 25701 | 2011-07-07 | 329 | D | 0 | 1 | 0IGF11 | **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure the medication regimen, for one (1) of fourteen (14) sampled residents, was free of drugs without adequate indications for use. Resident #131 received an antianxiety drug ([MEDICATION NAME]) to promote sleep in the absence of any documented evidence of [MEDICAL CONDITION] and in the absence of any evidence to reflect that non-pharmacologic interventions had been attempted without success prior to medicating the resident. Resident identifier: #131. Facility census: 14. Findings include: a) Resident #131 Medical record revealed a physician's orders [REDACTED]. This resident's admitted was 06/16/11, and record review verified she was not receiving this medication at that time. There was no documentation describing any problems sleeping prior to this medication being started. The care plan dated 06/16/11 was reviewed. It was copied by Employee #5, who verified this was the resident's complete and most current care plan. This care plan did not address that this resident was receiving a medication to promote sleep, and there were no evidence of any non-pharmacologic interventions that had been attempted to resolve the issue of sleeplessness (if it existed). There was no evidence in the medical record that this alert and oriented resident was complaining of sleeplessness prior to this medication being started. During an interview on 07/07/11 at 1:00 p.m., Employee #5 confirmed that Resident #131 did not have a care plan for the use of this antianxiety medication to treat [MEDICAL CONDITION]. Employee #5 confirmed there was no record of any non-pharmacologic interventions that had been provided prior to using medication to promote sleep and no attempts to identify the issues surrounding the residents sleeplessness. Employee #5 also confirmed that, according to the documentation, the resident was not having problems sleeping. | 2016-01-01 |