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F760 citations in California

Significant medication errors · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.

F760 in California. Pick another state for the same tag.

Against expectation — 2025

California cites F760 less often than its own record predicts

Versus expected share0.96×

0.96 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.

Share of California citations1.25%

Of every deficiency written in California in 2025, this is the portion that was F760.

Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.

In the surveyor’s words

What California surveyors wrote

F760 findings written in California, 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, patternMay 20, 2026

Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure six out of seven residents (187, 126, 2, 181, 73, 43) were free of any potential or actual significant medication errors when: Licensed Nurse (LN) 1 prepared eight morning medications for Resident 76 including clozapine (used for schizophrenia, a distorted perception of reality), topiramate (used to treat seizures, abnormal and disruptive electrical activity in the brain), and levetiracetam (used to treat seizures) and gave the medications to LN 2 to administer. LN 2 then administered Resident 76's medications to Resident 187. …

San Diego Post-Acute Center

G · Actual harm, isolatedJuly 1, 2026

Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure prescribed medication was administered in accordance with the physician's orders for one of four sampled residents (Resident 1) when Resident 1 had an order to received Phenytoin (medication for seizures - a sudden movement of electrical activity in the brain causing shaking of the limbs and stiffening of the body) and was not administered from June 7, 2026, to June 17, 2026 (a total of 19 doses). This failure resulted in Resident 1 being transferred to an acute care hospital after experiencing seizure activity. …

Meadows Ridge Care Center

D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedSeptember 2, 2026

Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure Resident 100 was free from significant medication errors when a licensed nurse administered an incorrect dose of lovenox (medication used as a blood thinner) not according to the Physician's Order.This failure resulted in Resident 100 being at risk for bleeding.Findings:According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)-a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing medication errors, dated 2018, high alert medications are drugs that can cause serious harm or death if used incorrectly. Lovenox is classified as a high alert medication by ISMP. …

Whitney Oaks Care Center

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Recent years

YearShare of California citationsvs expected
20231.21%1.09×
20241.13%0.97×
20251.25%0.96×

Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.

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