F726 in New Mexico. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
New Mexico cites F726 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share1.25×
1.25 times the share F726 takes of citations nationally.
Share of New Mexico citations0.75%
Of every deficiency written in New Mexico in 2025, this is the portion that was F726.
New Mexico0.75%
National0.60%
Share of all citations that were F726.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What New Mexico surveyors wrote
F726 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.
K · Immediate jeopardy, patternJuly 12, 2024
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that nursing staff had the competencies required to ensure 2 (R #1 and R #12) out of 2 (R #1 and R #12) residents received care that met the health and safety needs of the residents when staff failed to:
- Prevent R #12 from rolling off the bed, causing a serious head injury that resulted in death.
- Position R #1's catheter leg bag (a bag that is attached to the leg and catches urine) below his catheter (tube placed in the bladder to drain urine from the bladder) while he was in bed, which could cause urine to back up into the bladder and cause an infection.
- Properly assist R #1 with standing, which caused him pain. The findings are:
Findings for R #12
A. …
Based on interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to ensure that staff members possessed the competencies and skill sets necessary to identify, provide timely nursing care and related services to meet the resident needs for 1 (R #1 ) of 8 (R #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8) residents looked at for abuse and neglect. This deficient practice likely resulted in a resident's change in condition to go unidentified by not providing timely assessments, consistent, ongoing, and documented monitoring. The findings are:
[NAME] On 12/19/19 at 8:30 am during an interview with R #1, he stated that he was sick for two or three days before he went to the hospital back in (MONTH) (2019). R #1 stated that Licensed Professional Nurse (LPN) #1 didn't want to send him to the hospital. …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedApril 8, 2026
Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure nursing staff were competent to provide nursing related services for 1 (R #1) of 3 (R #1, R #2, and R #3) residents reviewed for pressure ulcers (PU; an injury to skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin) due to the Infection Preventionist's (IP) lack of understanding of Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP; an infection control intervention designed to reduce transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms that employ targeted gown and glove use during high contact resident care activities) requirements for PPE use. …
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