F 0761
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Some
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 observations, facility policy review, and staff interviews, it was determined that the facility failed to
store drugs used in the facility in accordance with currently accepted professional principles and the
expiration dates for three of three medication carts observed (B Hall, C Hall, and G Hall medication carts).
Findings Include:
Review of facility policy, titled 5.3 Storage and Expiration Dating of Medications and Biologicals, last revised
August 1, 2024, revealed it stated, 2. Facility should ensure that medications and biologicals are stored in
an orderly manner in cabinets, drawers, carts, .3. Facility should ensure that food is not to be stored in the
refrigerator, freezer, or general storage areas where medication and biologicals are stored .11. Once any
medication or biological package is opened, the facility should follow manufacturer/supplier guidelines with
respect to expiration dates for opened medication. Facility staff should record the date opened on the
primary medication container (ie., vial, bottle, inhaler) when the medication has a shortened expiration date
once opened or opened .11.3 If a multi-dose vial of an injectable medication has been opened or accessed
(e.g., needle-punctured), the vial should be dated and discarded within 28 days unless the manufacturer
specifies a different (shorter or longer) date for that opened vial .12. Facility should destroy and reorder
medication and biologicals with soiled, illegible, worn, makeshift, incomplete, damaged, or missing labels or
cautionary instructions .
Observations of the G Hall medication cart on September 30, 2024, at approximately 12:00 PM, revealed
the following:
One insulin glargine prefilled pen that was in use with no opened date on the medication.
One Lantus Solostar insulin pen with no opened date on the medication.
One Admelog insulin pen with no opened date on the medication.
One Lispro multidose vial of insulin with no opened date on the medication.
Two Novolin 70/30 insulin multidose containers with no opened date on the medication.
One prefilled insulin pen which had a sticker adhered to it that covered the name of the medication, the
manufacturer's expiration date, and lot number of the medication.
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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.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER
REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
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Event ID:
395395
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
395395
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
10/03/2024
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
River's Bend Health & Rehab Center
800 King Russ Road
Harrisburg, PA 17109
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
(Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0761
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Some
During the observation, the Director of Nursing (DON) confirmed that there should be a date written on the
aforementioned medications identifying when they were opened; also that, there should not have been a
sticker covering the manufacturers information on the insulin pen.
Observation of the C Hall medication cart on September 30, 2024, revealed food contained in a restaurant
paper bag was stored in the drawer used to store multi-dose medication containers that are in use on the
unit. The bag of food was found to be resting on top of the medication containers.
It was also observed that the C hall medication cart had an excessive amount of loose medication pills and
pill dust (degraded medication tablets) contained within the drawers and outside of the drawer on the lowest
interior portion of the medication cart.
Observation of the B Hall medication cart revealed an excessive amount of loose medication pills were
found in the drawers and in the lowest interior portion of the medication cart. It was also observed that four
medication blister packs (plastic cards that pills are packaged in) were found on the lowest interior portion
of the medication cart. All four medication blister packs contained medication within them.
During a staff interview on September 30, 2024, at approximately 1:30 PM, Nursing Home Administrator
(NHA) revealed the facility did not have a current medication cart cleaning schedule at that time. During the
interview, NHA stated that it was believed to have been the night shift nurses' responsibility but, at the time
of the interview, the facility had no policy, procedure, or schedule for cleaning the medication carts.
During a staff interview on October 1, 2024, DON confirmed that food should not be stored in the
medication cart and that medications should be labeled with opened dates per the policy.
28 Pa. Code 201.18(b)(1) Management
28 Pa. Code 211.12(d)(1)(5) Nursing services
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Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
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