F 0761
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted
professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately
locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Based on observation, interview, record review, and facility policy review the facility did not ensure insulin
was dated after it was opened and/or failed to ensure the insulin was labeled with the resident's name after
it was pulled from the contingency box. This affected three residents (#44, #45 and #59) out of nine
residents who had orders for insulin on the C North medication cart. This had the potential to affect 20
residents (#6, #9, #14, #16, #27, #29, #30, #32, #35, #44, #45, #47, #50, #52, #55, #59, #60, #74, #80, and
#85) who had orders for insulin at the facility.
Findings included:
1. Review of the medical record for Resident #44 revealed an admission date of 04/14/23 with diagnoses
including diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and heart failure.
Review of the August 2023 physician orders revealed Resident #44's orders included: Novolog FlexPen 100
units per milliliter (ml) inject 35 units subcutaneously (SQ) before meals and Ozempic pen-injector 2
milligram (mg) per 1.5 ml inject 0.25 mg SQ every seven days in the morning.
Observation on 08/18/23 at 9:06 A.M. revealed Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #602 opened a new
Novolog insulin FlexPen and administered Resident #44's 35 units SQ to his right upper arm per his order.
She placed the new insulin FlexPen back into the medication cart without labeling with the date that she
had opened.
Observation of the C North medication cart with LPN #602 on 08/18/23 at 10:06 A.M. revealed Resident
#44's Novolog continued to be not dated. Observation revealed there was an opened Ozempic insulin pen
that was undated as to when it was opened and without a name to who the insulin pen belonged to.
Interview on 08/18/23 at 10:06 P.M. with LPN #602 verified she had forgot to date the Novolog insulin for
Resident #44 when she opened it. She also verified the Ozempic insulin pen was unlabeled with name of
resident and/ or date when opened. She revealed she did not know who the Ozempic pen belonged to.
Interview on 08/18/23 at 10:08 A.M. with the Director of Nursing (DON) as she walked by the C North
medication cart verified the Ozempic pen was unlabeled as there was no identification of a resident's name
on the pen and/ or a date of when the pen was opened. She revealed the pen was pulled from the
contingency box and should have been labeled with the resident name and dated when opened.
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Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other
safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the
date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided. For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date
these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
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Event ID:
365129
Printed: 05/15/2026
Form Approved OMB
No. 0938-0391
Department of Health & Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
365129
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
08/18/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Eastbrook Healthcare Center
17322 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44112
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
(X4) ID PREFIX TAG
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
(Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0761
Interview on 08/18/23 at 2:31 P.M. with the DON verified the Ozempic pen belonged to Resident #44.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
2. Review of the medical record for Resident #59 revealed an admission date of 03/25/21 with diagnoses
including acute respiratory failure with hypoxia and diabetes.
Residents Affected - Few
Review of the August 2023 physician orders revealed Resident #59 had a physician order for Novolog
FlexPen 100 units per ml inject per sliding scale SQ.
Observation on 08/18/23 at 9:25 A.M. revealed LPN #602 administered Resident #59's Novolog insulin 10
units to her left upper arm per her sliding scale. The insulin pen was not dated as to when it was opened.
Interview on 08/18/23 at 9:34 A.M. with LPN #602 verified that the insulin pen was not dated as to when it
was opened and that she had not checked the pen prior to administering Resident #59 her insulin.
3. Review of medical record for Resident #45 revealed an admission date of 08/27/16 with diagnoses
including diabetes and hypertension.
Review of the August 2023 physician orders revealed Resident #45 had an order for Humalog Kwik pen
solution 100 units per ml per sliding scale.
Observation of the C North medication cart with LPN #602 on 08/18/23 at 10:06 A.M. revealed there was a
Humalog insulin vial approximately one fourth full of a date as opened as 08/01/23 but the vial did not have
a resident's name on the vial.
Interview on 08/18/23 at 10:06 P.M. with LPN #602 verified the Humalog vial did not have a resident's name
on it to identify who the insulin belonged to.
Interview on 08/18/23 at 10:08 A.M. with the DON as she walked by the C North medication cart verified
the Humalog vial was pulled from the contingency box and was not labeled properly with a resident's name
of who the insulin belonged to.
Interview on 08/18/23 at 2:31 P.M. with the DON verified the Humalog belonged to Resident #45 as they
had pulled the insulin from the contingency box for him.
Review of the facility policy labeled, Administering Medications, dated April 2019, revealed medications
were to be administered in a safe and timely manner. The policy revealed the expiration date on the
medication was checked prior to administering and when opening a multi-dose container, the date opened
was to be recorded on the container. The policy revealed insulin pens containing multiple doses of insulin
were for single-resident use only. The policy revealed insulin pens were clearly labeled with the resident's
name or other identifying information prior to administering the insulin.
This deficiency represents non-compliance investigated under Complaint Number OH00144529.
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