F755 in Alabama. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Alabama cites F755 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.42×
0.42 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Alabama citations0.99%
Of every deficiency written in Alabama in 2025, this is the portion that was F755.
Alabama0.99%
National2.35%
Share of all citations that were F755.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alabama surveyors wrote
F755 findings written in Alabama, 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, isolatedAugust 21, 2024
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Based on interviews, resident record review, review of a facility policy titled Pharmacy Services, the facility failed to ensure medications were available and administered as ordered for Resident Identifier (RI) #330, a resident with Liver Disease, upon admission to the facility on [DATE]. RI #330 missed doses of Rifaximin and Lactulose, medications for treatment of RI #330's Liver Disease, resulting in elevated blood ammonia levels.
This affected one of 19 sampled residents.
Findings include:
A facility policy titled Pharmacy Services dated 2017 documented . Policy: It is the policy of this facility to ensure that pharmaceutical services, . are provided to meet the needs of each resident, . Compliance Guidlines: 1. …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedAugust 15, 2026
Based on observation, interview, record review, facility document review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure staff signed out a narcotic at the time it was administered and ensure the reconciliation of controlled substances during the required end-of-shift narcotic count for 1 (Hall 1 Medication Cart) of 3 medication carts reviewed during the medication storage task.Findings included: A facility policy titled, Medication Administration Procedures Controlled Medication Administration, dated 12/2019, revealed, Medications included in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) classification as controlled substances are subject to special handling, storage, disposal, and recordkeeping in the facility in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations. …
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