F-0924
Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways.
A physical-environment tag from the nursing home health survey, cited under 42 CFR §483.90(i)(4)(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.
197
Facilities cited
In the last three years
201
Individual citations
4
Cited more than once
At separate surveys
2%
Repeat rate
Where it is cited
| State | Facilities cited |
|---|---|
| MD | 22 |
| IL | 18 |
| CA | 16 |
| MO | 14 |
| NJ | 13 |
| FL | 11 |
| NY | 10 |
| PA | 9 |
| OH | 8 |
| TX | 7 |
Description as published by CMS. Requirement at 42 CFR §483.90(i)(4), surveyed under State Operations Manual Appendix PP; from the CMS Health Deficiencies file.