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The September 2025 finding represents the most serious category of deficiency in the federal nursing home oversight system.

The deficiency was classified at **Scope/Severity Level D**, meaning it was isolated in nature and did not result in documented actual harm.

Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center was cited under federal tag F0689, which covers accident prevention and supervision.

In the walk-in freezer, inspectors found an opened bag of diced peppers with no date label and an opened bag of waffles, also undated.

The facility reported correcting the issue by **December 5, 2025**.

This distinction is significant.

Instead, staff worked for months without basic infection control measures designed to prevent the spread of drug-resistant organisms.

Security camera footage captured the resident leaving the facility at 3:32:05 PM and crossing to the hospital parking lot moments later.

The oversight involved Resident #99, whose dry, red, and swollen skin on hands and arms went unrecorded during the admission process on August 27.

Federal inspectors found widespread kitchen safety failures at Artesia Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center during a September 23 complaint investigation.

That designation means inspectors determined the facility's failures had already caused, or were likely to cause, serious injury or death.

When a facility fails to uphold these standards, the consequences extend beyond the specific incident documented by inspectors.