Incontinence and catheter care · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
F690 in Louisiana. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Louisiana cites F690 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.80×
0.80 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Louisiana citations1.08%
Of every deficiency written in Louisiana in 2025, this is the portion that was F690.
Louisiana1.08%
National1.36%
Share of all citations that were F690.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Louisiana surveyors wrote
F690 findings written in Louisiana, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
H · Actual harm, patternMay 15, 2024
Based on interviews, observations, and record reviews, the facility failed to ensure a resident admitted with a urinary catheter received necessary treatment and services, consistent with professional standards to promote healing and prevent infections for 1 (#9) of 3 (#9, #40, and #231) sampled residents reviewed for urinary catheters.
This failed practice resulted in actual harm for resident #9 on 04/16/2024 due to the facility failing to:
1. Ensure resident #9 was free of urinary tract infections as evidenced by resident #9 having a urinary tract infection on 04/16/2024 and again on 05/13/2024, and was treated with antibiotic therapy on both occasions for 5 days, beginning respectively on 04/17/2024 and 05/13/2024.
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E · No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternAugust 13, 2026
Based on record review, observations, and interviews, the facility failed to ensure that a resident with an indwelling urinary catheter received the appropriate care and services to prevent urinary tract infections to the extent possible for 1(#7) of 1 resident reviewed for urinary catheters.Findings:Review of the record for Resident #7 revealed an admission date of 05/14/2021 with diagnoses including quadriplegia unspecified, dysuria, neuromuscular dysfunction of bladder, urinary tract infection, bladder disorder, other seizures, chronic pain syndrome, and retention of urine. Review of the Modification of Quarterly MDS assessment dated [DATE] revealed a BIMS score of 15 indicating no cognitive impairment. …
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