Manzano Del Sol: Drug Review Failures Cited - NM
Federal health inspectors cited the facility in August 2025 for failing to ensure a licensed pharmacist performed monthly drug regimen reviews for residents, including review of their medical charts. The deficiency was one of 15 violations documented during the inspection.
The citation falls under pharmacy service deficiencies, a category that sits at the center of nursing home safety. Older adults in long-term care typically take multiple medications, and the interaction risks multiply with each prescription added to the list. Monthly pharmacist reviews exist specifically to catch what busy nursing staff and physicians may miss during the course of daily care.
Inspectors classified the violation at Scope/Severity Level D, meaning it was isolated and caused no documented actual harm. But the finding carried a qualification: there was potential for more than minimal harm to residents. In the language of nursing home inspections, that distinction matters. A Level D finding does not mean nothing went wrong. It means inspectors could not point to a resident who was hurt. The gap between those two things can be narrow.
The facility's own policies and procedures were supposed to govern how irregularities found during drug reviews get reported and addressed. Inspectors found the process outlined in those documents wasn't being followed.
Manzano Del Sol reported a correction date of October 24, 2025, more than two months after the August inspection.
The drug review lapse was not the only problem inspectors found. Fourteen other deficiencies were cited during the same visit, though the details of those findings were not included in this report. Fifteen deficiencies in a single inspection is a significant total for any facility, and the pharmacy violation sits alongside whatever else inspectors documented that day.
The residents living at Manzano Del Sol during the period when reviews were not being conducted had no way of knowing the oversight was missing. That is the nature of this particular failure. A missed wound dressing is visible. A skipped medication review leaves no mark on a resident's body, no signal that anything has gone wrong, until it does.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Manzano Del Sol By Purehealth from 2025-08-11 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Manzano Del Sol by Purehealth in Albuquerque, NM was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 11, 2025.
The deficiency was one of 15 violations documented during the inspection.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.