Based on observation of the medication room on 10/26/2017, staff interview and review of a facility's document titled, Storage . Destruction of Medications the facility failed to ensure a controlled medication, Lorazepam was stored in a permanently affixed compartment of a refrigerator in one of four medication rooms. This affect one of one stat box medication in the facility and had the potential to affect all residents receiving Lorazapem in the facility. Findings Include: A review of a facility document titled, Storage . of Medications with no date documented: . Policy: The facility must store medications, . in accordance with state/federal laws and regulations. A review of a document submitted by the facility documented: . State Operations Manual Guidance . …
F431 citations in Alabama
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
No F431 citations were recorded in Alabama for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
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What Alabama surveyors wrote
F431 findings written in Alabama, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure the method of medication destruction was documented on seven of nine months of Medication Destruction Records reviewed. Findings include: A review of the facility's policy: Disposal of Medications, Section 5.4 with a date of 03/09 revealed, POLICY . 3. Methods of disposition. PROCEDURES . 3.the disposal is documented on the accountability record. A review of the facility's Record of Medication Destruction for controlled drugs revealed no record of the method of destruction for the months of November 2014 through January 2015 and April 2015 through June 2015. On 7/8/15 at 9:20 AM, an interview was conducted with EI #1, Registered Nurse/Director of Nursing. …
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