Based on staff interviews, resident interviews, facility policy review, and record review the facility failed to ensure significant medications were administered to prevent discomfort or complications for four (4) of 14 residents reviewed with medication errors. This resulted in significant medication errors for Resident #1, Resident #3, Resident #4, and Resident #5. The facility did not have licensed nurse coverage for twenty-five (25) residents on the Annex A Hall of the facility for eight (8) hours from 11:00 PM through 7:00 AM on 1/27/24. Resident #1 Resident #3, Resident #4, and Resident #5 had scheduled medications to be administered at 6:00 AM. …
F760 citations in Mississippi
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.
Against expectation — 2025
Mississippi cites F760 less often than its own record predicts
0.96 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Mississippi 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 Mississippi surveyors wrote
F760 findings written in Mississippi, 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.
Based on record review, interview, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure residents were free from significant medication errors by failing to accurately reconcile hospital discharge medications and ensure timely and accurate medication administration, which resulted in missed doses of prescribed antibiotic therapy and subsequent rehospitalization for wound infection and dehiscence (surgical incision that opens or pulls apart) for Resident #1 and duplicate administration of antihypertensive medications for Resident #2, affecting two (2) of four (4) sampled residents.Findings Include:Review of the facility's policy, Administering Medications revised 8/02/22, revealed, .Medications shall be administered in a safe and timely manner, and as prescribed.Policy Interpretation… …
Based on record review, staff interviews, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure that a resident was free of significant medication errors as evidence by failure to remove a Fentanyl 12 microgram per hour (MCG/HR) patch prior to applying the next dose for one (1) of three (3) residents reviewed. Resident #1 Findings include:Record review of facility policy titled Medication Administration-General Guidelines, Policy and Procedures revealed, Policy: Medications are administered as prescribed in accordance with good nursing principles and practices .Record review of facility policy titled Controlled Substances Destruction Policy and Procedure revealed Policy: Controlled substances are subject to special handling, storage, disposal, and recordkeeping in the facility, in… …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Mississippi citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.27% | 0.24× |
| 2024 | 0.61% | 0.52× |
| 2025 | 1.25% | 0.96× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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