Based on interviews, facility documentation and policy, the facility failed to ensure patient care equipment was maintained according to manufactures recommendations and kept in safe operating condition. The deficient practice could result in a resident not receiving basic life support with an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Findings Include: An observation was conducted with the Executive Director (Staff # 07) on May 28, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. of the facility's Core Crash Cart. The defibrillator is stored in the bottom drawer of the Core Crash Cart with a blinking green light. The crash cart daily checkoff list is located on top of the cart. According to an invoice dated December 20, 2021, the facility acquired the AED machine. …
F908 citations in Arizona
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Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Arizona cites F908 less often than its own record predicts
0.28 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Arizona in 2025, this is the portion that was F908.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Arizona surveyors wrote
F908 findings written in Arizona, 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 Arizona citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.17% | 0.37× |
| 2024 | 0.31% | 0.69× |
| 2025 | 0.13% | 0.28× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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