F-Tag F0909 — Resident Bed
Category: Environmental Deficiencies
F-Tag F0909 is a CMS skilled-nursing-facility regulatory requirement covering resident bed. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this tag has been cited 485 times across 453 unique facilities. 1 citation has reached Immediate Jeopardy severity. The top recorded severity for this tag is K.
Regularly inspect all bed frames, mattresses, and bed rails (if any) for safety; and all bed rails and mattresses must attach safely to the bed frame.
Top-Cited States for F-Tag F0909
- Missouri — 90 citations
- California — 84 citations
- Oklahoma — 40 citations
- Massachusetts — 36 citations
- Virginia — 32 citations
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- F-Tag F0912 — Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. (1,021 citations)