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RIDGE CREEK SCHOOL - A MICROCOSM OF INEVITABLE FAILURE

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DEE:
The previous post doesn't make clear that Alex Dessak, the alleged purse snatcher, is now a student at RCS.

trinity:
Thank you.  It has been edited.

Jill Ryan:

--- Quote from: "The gatekeeper" ---
--- Quote ---According to parents and the ORS/ORCC, "Recreation staff"/"Night staff" continue to hand out psychotropic medication; an LPN or RPN is not a requirement for a licensed Child Caring Institution(CCI) as RCS. The only requirement is that the person needs to be trained in dispensing meds, age-21 or over. There have been seizures, med mix-ups; 245-255 med refusals over several months (ORS/ORCC reports), the list goes on ... been there, done that, continue to do it. Obviously, this regulation needs to be changed.
--- End quote ---

This sounds like an inflated number, imo.  Did children have seizures due to medication mix-ups or epilepsy?
--- End quote ---

Yes, there there have been seizures and suicide attempts directly linked to medication mismanagement. I do not post anything as serious as this without documents to support statements.


For the record:

Georgia Department of Human Resources,
Office of Regulatory Services State Form
Statement of Deficiencies
and Plan of Correction
Inspection begin date
Inspection end date:
9/1/2010
9/9/2010
Name of Provider or Supplier
RIDGE CREEK, INC
Street Address, City, State Zip Code
830 HIDDEN LAKE RD
DAHLONEGA, GA 30533
Inspection Results
As of: Saturday, February 26, 2011
Based on record review and interviews with staff, the facility failed to notifying a child's
attending physician in cases of dosage errors, drug reactions, or if the prescription medication
does not appear to be effective to in 255 of 255 incidents reviewed
Findings:
(1) On September 1, 2010, a review of the agency's incident report dated August 27, 2010
revealed that Staff C inadvertently administered the Zyprexa, Benadryl, and of another child to
Child #15. The incident report reveals that Staff C notified Poison Control and the facility
"nurse." However, there is no documentation stating that the child's physician was notified. In
addition, on September 9, 2010 a review of Med Refusal Forms0 completed 1/12/10 through
8/28/10 revealed that there were more than 254 incidents of medication refusal. Furthermore,
there was no documentation stating that the resident's physician was notified of any of the
incidents.
(2) During an interview on September 9, 2010 at approximately 3:00 pm with Staff BB, Staff BB
stated that the resident's physicians were notified of these incidents. However, no evidence of
physician notification was produced. Staff BB stated that the notifications were made by
telephone and that there was "no way to document a phone call."
R 1416

Ursus:

--- Quote ---2) During an interview on September 9, 2010 at approximately 3:00 pm with Staff BB, Staff BB stated that the resident's physicians were notified of these incidents. However, no evidence of physician notification was produced. Staff BB stated that the notifications were made by telephone and that there was "no way to document a phone call."
--- End quote ---
How bizarre.

I would have thought standard procedure would be to make a brief note of the call (and to whom they spoke) along with all the other documentation Ridge Creek staff are allegedly keeping of their activities vis a vis the meds dispensing responsibilities.

On the other end, whoever takes the call in or for the physician's office also has a responsibility to make a note of said call and a brief summary of its contents. This *is* part of their job.

And guess what? This kind of thing is done all the time! And it works. 99.999% of the time, the information gets through. Moreover, there's documentation on both ends to indicate that a good faith effort was made.

It sounds almost as if Ridge Creek staff do not have a whole lot of experience with the dispensing of medication to adolescents, let alone medications in general, judging by the above quoted administering of meds to the wrong student:


--- Quote ---(1) On September 1, 2010, a review of the agency's incident report dated August 27, 2010 revealed that Staff C inadvertently administered the Zyprexa, Benadryl, and of another child to Child #15. The incident report reveals that Staff C notified Poison Control and the facility "nurse." However, there is no documentation stating that the child's physician was notified.
--- End quote ---

Jill Ryan:
The young woman who is currently dispensing the meds is in over her head, apparently without realizing the ramifications.  Advice...Check with your employer as to whether you are covered by their insurance policy.

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