Incident investigation·September 2, 2022

At approximately 12:00PM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Chris Arnhold arrived at this facility unannounced to conduct a case management visit in regards to an incident report submitted by facility on 08/19/2022. LPA met with Assistant Executive Director Francine Taitano and reviewed records. The incident was a medication error. On 08/13/2022, Staff administered the wrong medication to resident. Facility contacted the primary care physician and responsible party and resident was placed on alert charting. There were no side effects from this incident. ***A civil penalty is being issued in the amount of $250 for this repeated violation within a 12 month month period.**** Deficiencies are cited from the California Code of Regulations (CCRs), and/or the Health and Safety Code. Failure to correct the cited deficiency(ies), on or before the Plan of Correction (POC) due date, may result in a civil penalty assessment. This report was reviewed with Francine Taitano and Appeal rights were given.