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 observations, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to store all drugs and biologicals in
locked compartments under proper temperature controls and permit only authorized personnel to have
access to the keys, for 1 of 4 medication carts (100 hall medication cart) reviewed for drug security.
100 Hall nurse's medication cart was left unattended, unlocked with the keys hanging from the lock outside
the nurses' station with the drawers facing the outward and could be opened by anyone who passed by.
This failure could place residents at risk for misappropriation of property and could place residents at risk
for accidents, hazards, and not receiving therapeutic effects.
The findings included:
Observations on 08/17/2024 from 5:04 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. during in interview with RN A on 100 hall out of
site of the nurses station, RN A stated she was doing wound care on 08/17/24. As the surveyor and RN A
walked over to the nurses' station the 100 Hall medication cart was parked outside the nurse's station
towards the 100 hall with the keys hanging from the lock that was in the unlocked position, the drawers
were facing outward and could be opened by anyone who walked by, and the nurse responsible for the 100
Hall medication cart was not within site of the cart. As RN A walked by the 100 Hall medication cart with the
keys in the lock that was in the unlocked position, she removed the keys from the lock, put them in her
scrub top pocket, but did not lock the medication cart. RN A and the surveyor walked into the nurses'
station where the unlocked drawers to the 100 Hall medication cart were out of their line of site. While the
surveyor was interviewing RN A, an unidentified male visitor walked by the unlocked 100 Hall medication
cart with the drawers faced outward. RN B, who was working on 100 hall, walked from the direction of the
front offices, past the 100 Hall medication cart, reached over to the unlocked cart and the surveyor heard a
clicking sound like the lock had been pushed into the cart and RN B walked into the nurses' station and sat
down. When the surveyor stepped out of the nurses' station and passed by the 100 Hall medication cart it
was locked.
In an interview on 08/17/24 at 6:06 p.m. RN B, who was responsible for the 100 Hall medication cart, stated
she always would push on the locks on the medications carts when she walks by them to make sure they
were locked. RN B said she could not remember if the 100 Hall medication cart had been unlocked when
she walked by it when the surveyor was talking to RN A at the nurses' station.
In an interview on 08/23/24 at 5:23 p.m., RN A stated she did not remember what she removed from
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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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FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
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Event ID:
676224
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
676224
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
08/24/2024
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
The Heights on Huebner
10127 Huebner Rd
San Antonio, TX 78240
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F 0761
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
the medication cart that she and the surveyor passed by on 08/17/24, even after the surveyor asked her if
she remembered pulling the keys out from the lock. RN A stated the cart that was parked outside the
nurses' station facing the 100 hall on 08/17/24 would have been the 100 Hall nurses' medication cart.
In an interview on 08/24/24 from 11:04 a.m. to 11:24 a.m., the DON stated medications were kept secured
in a locked medication cart, and the medication cart keys should be always kept on the nurse or medication
aide responsible for the cart. The DON stated the harm of having an unlocked medication cart with the
drawers accessible to anyone who walked by would be they could take the medications from the cart and
ingest the medications.
In an interview on 08/24/24 at 11:38 a.m., the Administrator stated medications were kept secured in the
locked medication cart and the nurse would keep the medication cart keys with them, not on top of the cart,
hanging from the cart. The administrator said if the nurse was out of site of the medication cart the
medication cart needs to be locked. The administrator stated the harm that could happen if the medication
cart keys were left in an unlocked medication cart with the drawers facing outward could result in a resident
could get into the cart, have access to the medications, and take the medications or someone could steal
the medications from the cart.
Record review of the Medication Cart Use & Storage Policy, dated 03/15/2019, revealed The medication
cart and its storage bins are kept locked until the specified time of medication administration. If an
emergency occurs during the medication pass, the nurse/medication aide securely locks the medication
cart before attending to the emergency situation .Medication cart keys shall be kept in the
nurse's/medication aide's possession until turned over to the next shift nurse.
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
676224
If continuation sheet
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