Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center
BRICKYARD HEALTHCARE - MERRILLVILLE CARE CENTER in MERRILLVILLE, IN — inspection on February 24, 2026.
Found 1 citation. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
during 25 opportunities for errors during medication administration.
This resulted in a medication error
9:21 a.m., RN 1 indicated Resident G's glucometer reading was 285 and Lantus insulin 46 units and Novolog insulin six units were to be administered.
She removed two insulin pens from the cart and dialed in 46 units on the Lantus pen and six units on the Novolog pen without priming the insulin pens.
She then entered the resident's room and was stopped.
She indicated she was unsure about priming the insulin pens and was unsure of the correct way to prime the insulin pens.
The Clinical Education Nurse, at the time of the observation, instructed RN 1 to prime both pens with two units of insulin, then to dial in the correct dosage.
The insulin was then administered to the resident.Resident G's record was reviewed on 2/24/26 at 2:24 P.M.
The diagnoses included, but were not limited to, diabetes mellitus.A Physician's Order, dated 12/3/26, indicate Lispro (Novolog) insulin was to be administered per the results of the blood sugar level (sliding scale) four times a day.
The dose for the blood sugar level of 285 was six units.A Physician's Order, dated 2/13/26, indicated 46 units of Glargine (Lantus) insulin was to be administered daily.
During an interview on 2/24/26 at 2:20 p.m., the Director of Nursing indicated RN 1 was new to the facility and had been orientated to the medication pass policy and procedures.The facility's insulin pen administration policy, dated 2025 and received per e-mail from the Administrator in Training as current, indicated the insulin pen was to be primed with two units of insulin prior to the administration of the ordered amount of insulin.This citation relates to Intake 2740908.3.1-48(c)(1) 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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