Based on record review, observation, interviews, and the facility's Storage of Medications policy, the facility failed to ensure medications were stored properly in a medication storage refrigerator for 1 of 1 medication refrigerator observed. Additionally, the facility failed to monitor temperature controls for 1 of 1 medication refrigerator observed for 4 of 4 months reviewed. Findings:Facility policy titled Storage of Medications states, Medications requiring refrigeration or temperatures between [36 degrees farenheight] and [46 degrees frenheight] are kept in a refrigerator with a thermometer to allow temperature monitoring . A temperature log or tracking mechanism is maintained to verify temperatures has remained withing acceptable limits. …
F761 citations in Maine
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
Maine cites F761 more often than its own record predicts
1.34 times the share F761 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Maine 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 Maine surveyors wrote
F761 findings written in Maine, 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 observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure that 3 bottles of an expired vitamin (Vitamin E) and 1 bottle of an expired [MEDICATION NAME]/antipyretic ([MEDICATION NAME]) were removed from the supply available for use, in 1 of 2 medication storage rooms (B Wing). Finding: On 2/4/20 at 8:40 a.m., a surveyor observed in the B Wing medication storage room [ROOM NUMBER] unopened bottles of Vitamin [NAME] with an expiration date of 11/19 and 1 unopened bottle of [MEDICATION NAME] with an expiration date of 12/19. The surveyor confirmed the expired medications were not removed from the supply available for use at the time of the observation with the Registered Nurse.
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Maine citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.36% | 1.69× |
| 2024 | 3.55% | 1.16× |
| 2025 | 4.31% | 1.34× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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