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.
F761 in New Mexico. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
New Mexico cites F761 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share1.40×
1.40 times the share F761 takes of citations nationally.
Share of New Mexico citations4.51%
Of every deficiency written in New Mexico in 2025, this is the portion that was F761.
New Mexico4.51%
National3.22%
Share of all citations that were F761.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What New Mexico surveyors wrote
F761 findings written in New Mexico, 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.
J · Immediate jeopardy, isolatedNovember 20, 2025
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure staff administered and secured medications for all 112 residents listed on the facility census when: Medication carts were not secured and left unattended during medication pass. Medications were pre-poured (the practice of preparing and storing medications in advance of their scheduled administration) and left unattended without supervision. These deficient practices increased the risk of unauthorized access, medication diversion, contamination, and administration of medications to the wrong resident. …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedAugust 28, 2026
Based on record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to secure and lock the medication cart in the 100 hall. This failure has the potential to affect all residents in the 100 hall. This deficient practice is likely to cause harm if a resident were to access and consume unprescribed medications.The findings are: A. Record review of the facility's Medication Storage Policy, January 2026, revealed staff were directed to store medications according to manufacturer's or pharmacy's guidelines and keep all supplies accessible only to licensed or authorized personnel. Staff were to limit access to prescription medications and to keep medication rooms, cabinets, and carts locked when not in use or when unattended. B. …
C · No harm, potential for minimal, widespreadJanuary 13, 2025
Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to:
1. Ensure medications and other medical supplies were not expired.
2. Ensure medications for 1 (R #88) of 1 (R #88) residents were destroyed after completion of therapy.
This deficient practice has the potential to affect all 110 residents identified on the facility census list provided by the Administrator on [DATE]. The use of expired medication is likely to cause residents to receive medications which are less effective due to a breakdown in chemical makeup, leading to less-than-optimal benefit from medications. Continuing to leave discharged /completed medications in the medication storage room is likely to cause residents to receive a medication that is not theirs.
The findings are:
Expired Medication
A. …
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