Starfile / F-tag
F0689
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
What F0689 means
F0689is a federal nursing home deficiency tag issued by surveyors under CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. Facilities receive an F0689 citation when an inspector finds the facility failed to: ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Each citation carries a scope and severity codefrom A through L. Codes J, K, and L indicate “immediate jeopardy” — the most serious level, used when a facility's failure has caused or is likely to cause serious injury, harm, impairment, or death. Lower letters indicate less severe or less widespread failures.
Facilities most cited for F0689
Top 50 facilities by number of F0689 citations in the current three-year window.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, Nursing Home Care Compare Health Deficiencies dataset. Rolling 3-year window.