Linwood Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
LINWOOD NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in SCRANTON, PA — inspection on September 23, 2025.
Found 2 citations. 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 an interview on September 23, 2025, at 10:30 AM, the Director of Nursing (DON) confirmed the medications observed included six Tylenol 325 mg tablets, one cranberry 300 mg tablet, and two oxycodone HCl 5.0 mg capsules.
The DON also confirmed the oxycodone medication had been distributed from the pharmacy in a capsule form rather than the ordered tablet form.
The DON acknowledged it was facility policy that licensed staff remain with residents until medications are ingested 28 Pa.
Code 201.18 (b)(1) Management. 28 Pa.
Code 211.10 (c) Resident care policies. 28 Pa.
Code 211.12 (c)(d)(1)(5) Nursing services.
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.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
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09/23/2025
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Linwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
100 Florida Avenue Scranton, PA 18505
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Federal health inspectors cited LINWOOD NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in SCRANTON, PA for a deficiency under regulatory tag F-F0757 during a complaint investigation conducted on 2025-09-23.
Category: Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
The facility was found deficient in the following area: Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Scope/Severity Level D: isolated, no actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm.
While no actual harm was documented, there was potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
This was one of 2 deficiencies cited during this inspection of LINWOOD NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER.
Correction Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction.
The facility reported correction as of 2025-10-14.