Drug labeling and storage · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
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.
F761 in Iowa. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Iowa cites F761 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.34×
0.34 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Iowa citations1.10%
Of every deficiency written in Iowa in 2025, this is the portion that was F761.
Iowa1.10%
National3.22%
Share of all citations that were F761.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Iowa surveyors wrote
F761 findings written in Iowa, 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.
E · No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternAugust 27, 2026
Based on observations, staff interviews, and facility document review, the facility failed to secure prescribed medications from the possibility of unauthorized access. The facility reported a census of 43 residents. Findings included:On 8/24/26 at 11:35 AM, a medication cart was observed unlocked with Staff A, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) on the other side of the nurses' station with her back to cart area and a pillar blocking her direct line-of-sight to the medication cart. The medication cart contained blood thinners (Eliquis) and antidepressants (trazodone). …
B · No harm, potential for minimal, patternOctober 17, 2019
Based on observation and staff interview, the facility failed to remove expired medications from the medication room and the medication cart. The facility census was 35 residents.
Findings include:
1. During medication room observation on 10/16/19 at 10:05 a.m., the following medications was expired in the medication room:
-One box, 100 count Geri Care [MEDICATION NAME] Suppositories, expired 5/2019. The box contained 40 Suppositories.
-Three bottles of Ocular Vitamins, expired 8/2018
-One opened bottle of Ocular Vitamins with 18 tablets out of 60 tablets remaining, expired 8/2018
-One bottle of [MEDICATION NAME] Coated Aspirin, expired 1/2019
-Vitamin B6 100 tablet bottle, expired 5/2019
-One bottle Fish oil concentrate, 60 soft gels, expired 3/2019
-One bottle Vitamin B6 250 mg, 100 tab… …
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