F-0689

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

A physical-environment tag from the nursing home health survey, cited under 42 CFR §483.25(d) (Appendix PP). These findings are about the building and its equipment as the health surveyors see them — a different survey from the Life Safety Code visit, and usually the maintenance department’s to fix.

57% of the facilities cited on F-0689 have been cited on it again at a later survey. A finding that recurs at the next survey is usually a gap in the routine that produces the record, not a new fault — the same inspection is missed, or completed and not documented in a form the surveyor accepts.

Description as published by CMS. Requirement at 42 CFR §483.25(d), surveyed under State Operations Manual Appendix PP; from the CMS Health Deficiencies file.