Based on observations, record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure proper storage of medications for one of four medication storage rooms and two of five refrigerators.Specifically, the facility failed to:-Ensure medication was only stored in medication storage refrigerators and not stored with food;-Ensure refrigerated medication was stored in a temperature controlled medication storage refrigerator; and,-Discard medications that had expired.Findings include:I. Facility policy and procedureThe Medication Storage policy, revised February 2026, was provided by the nursing home administrator (NHA) on 8/31/26 at 7:30 p.m. …
F761 citations in Colorado
Drug labeling and storage · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Colorado cites F761 less often than its own record predicts
0.77 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Colorado in 2025, this is the portion that was F761.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Colorado surveyors wrote
F761 findings written in Colorado, 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Colorado citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.81% | 1.20× |
| 2024 | 4.49% | 1.46× |
| 2025 | 2.47% | 0.77× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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