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, and record review, the facility failed to store all drugs and biologicals in
accordance with State and Federal laws in locked compartments for 1 (600 hall cart) of 1 medication carts
reviewed for medication storage.
The facility failed to lock the medication cart on hall 600.
This failure could place residents at risk for obtaining medications not prescribed to them and experiencing
adverse reactions.
Findings included:
During an observation on 06/25/24 at 9:54 AM the medication cart in hall 600 was unlocked. All three
drawers were easily opened and full of what looked like topical medications. A resident was awake and
seated in his wheelchair in his room in line of sight of the medication cart. No staff members were in sight.
During an interview and observation on 06/25/24 at 9:55 AM CNA A opened the top drawer of the 600 hall
cart and stated if a medication cart was left unlocked someone could take medications, either residents or
staff, and it would be bad for that to happen.
During an observation on 06/25/24 at 10:02 AM of 2 nurses, Wound care nurse and RN B, coming back to
the medication cart on hall 600 which had been left unlocked and abandoned for almost 10 minutes.
During an interview and observation on 06/25/24 at 10:03 AM the Wound Care nurse stated she was a
nurse practitioner who worked at the facility as their wound care nurse. The Wound Care nurse opened
unlocked drawer of the 600 hall cart. The Wound Care nurse stated the cart was unlocked but it only held
medications that were for topical wounds only. She stated the cart was normally locked and a possible
negative outcome would be a resident could get into the supplies and take them.
During an interview on 06/25/24 at 10:05 AM RN B Charge Nurse stated that the medication cart is
normally locked. He stated that if a medication cart is not locked that someone could get into the cart and
get things that are not theirs and a poor outcome could be a result.
Record review of facility policy titled Storage of Medications and dated November 2020 revealed the
following:
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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
TITLE
(X6) DATE
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Facility ID:
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Event ID:
455989
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
455989
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
06/25/2024
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Avir at Borger
1316 S Florida
Borger, TX 79007
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
The facility stores all drugs and biologicals in a safe, secure, and orderly manner.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
.1. Drugs and biologicals used in the facility are stored in locked compartments .
Residents Affected - Few
.6. Compartments (including, but not limited to, drawers, cabinets, rooms, refrigerators, carts, and boxes)
containing drugs and biologicals are locked when not in use. Unlocked medication carts are not left
unattended.
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
455989
If continuation sheet
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