Incontinence and catheter care · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
F690 in New Mexico. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
New Mexico cites F690 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.63×
0.63 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of New Mexico citations0.86%
Of every deficiency written in New Mexico in 2025, this is the portion that was F690.
New Mexico0.86%
National1.36%
Share of all citations that were F690.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What New Mexico surveyors wrote
F690 findings written in New Mexico, 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.
G · Actual harm, isolatedSeptember 12, 2018
Based on record review and interview the facility failed to provide treatment for 1 (R #3) of 1 (R #1) Resident with a history of [MEDICAL CONDITION] (C Diff) (infection of the large intestine (colon) caused by the bacteria of[DIAGNOSES REDACTED]), and repeated diarrhea. This deficient practice likely resulted in harm for R #3, by developing a toxic mega colon (swelling and inflammation spread into the deeper layers of the colon, the colon stops working and widens and may rupture), and the need for a [MEDICAL CONDITION] (a (stoma) constructed by bringing the end or loop of intestine out onto the surface of the skin, waste passes out of the [MEDICAL CONDITION] opening). The findings are:
A. …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedJune 22, 2026
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that a resident who enters the facility with diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) received appropriate treatment for 1 (R #24) of 2 (R #24 and R #25) residents reviewed for UTI, when they failed to ensure that a resident received all doses of antibiotic as prescribed to treat the UTI. This deficient practice could result in residents being susceptible to worsening infection or becoming septic (potentially life-threatening when the body responds to infection by damaging its own tissues). The findings are:A. …
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