Centennial Post Acute: Medication Error Failures - AK
Inspectors visited the facility on August 29, 2025, and found that a refrigerator holding emergency kit drugs had been running outside the required range of 36 to 46 degrees Fahrenheit. The medications, which the FDA specifies must be kept between those temperatures to remain safe and effective, had been sitting in conditions that fell outside those limits.
The facility's own Resident Care Manager acknowledged during an interview that afternoon that the refrigerator temperatures were supposed to be checked by nurses once daily and that any out-of-range readings should have been reported to the maintenance department. The manager said he or she would file a work order ticket. It was not clear from the inspection record how long the temperatures had been out of range before inspectors arrived.
By 1:49 p.m. that day, the Resident Care Manager confirmed the emergency kits had been sent back to Pharmerica, the facility's pharmacy, for replacement.
The facility's own medication storage policy, dated January 2023, requires that refrigerated medications be kept between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius and that a temperature log be maintained to verify conditions stay within accepted limits. Inspectors reviewed that policy alongside FDA drug storage guidance and found the facility had not met either standard.
CMS cited the deficiency under F0761 and rated the level of harm as minimal harm or potential for actual harm, with many residents affected.
The emergency kits are meant to be available when a resident's condition deteriorates rapidly. Whether any resident received medication from the improperly stored kits before they were pulled was not addressed in the inspection record.
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CENTENNIAL POST ACUTE in ANCHORAGE, AK was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 29, 2025.
The manager said he or she would file a work order ticket.
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