Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies F-Tags — Nursing Home Deficiency Citations
The Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies category covers 22 CMS F-Tags. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this category accounts for 37,347 deficiency citations across 12,015 skilled nursing facilities. 222 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity.
All F-Tags in Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies, Ranked by Citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 19,893 citations
- F-Tag F0804: Nutritive Value/Appearance Palatable/Preferred Temperature — 3,920 citations
- F-Tag F0803: Menus Meet Resident Needs/Prep in Advance/Followed — 2,965 citations
- F-Tag F0814: Dispose Garbage and Refuse Properly — 1,803 citations
- F-Tag F0806: Resident Allergies Preferences and Substitutes — 1,618 citations
- F-Tag F0805: Food in Form to Meet Individual Needs — 1,333 citations
- F-Tag F0801: Qualified Dietary Staff — 1,267 citations
- F-Tag F0802: Sufficient Dietary Support Personnel — 861 citations
- F-Tag F0809: Frequency of Meals/Snacks at Bedtime — 836 citations
- F-Tag F0808: Therapeutic Diet Prescribed by Physician — 718 citations
- F-Tag F0813: Personal Food Policy — 699 citations
- F-Tag F0810: Assistive Devices - Eating Equipment/Utensils — 560 citations
- F-Tag F0800: Provided Diet Meets Needs of Each Resident — 548 citations
- F-Tag F0807: Drinks Available to Meet Needs/Preferences/Hydration — 237 citations
- F-Tag F0811: Feeding Assistant-Training/Supervision/Resident — 51 citations
- F-Tag F0371: Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way. — 31 citations
- F-Tag F0367: Make sure that special or therapeutic diets are ordered by the attending doctor. — 2 citations
- F-Tag F0363: Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed. — 1 citations
- F-Tag F0364: Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature. — 1 citations
- F-Tag F0362: Hire sufficient dietary support personnel. — 1 citations
- F-Tag F0369: Provide special eating equipment and utensils for each resident who needs them. — 1 citations
- F-Tag F0360: Provide a tasty and well-balanced diet that meets the nutritional needs of each resident. — 1 citations
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