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 Rhode Island. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Rhode Island cites F690 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share1.28×
1.28 times the share F690 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Rhode Island citations1.73%
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2025, this is the portion that was F690.
Rhode Island1.73%
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 Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F690 findings written in Rhode Island, 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.
G · Actual harm, isolatedJune 18, 2026
Based on clinical record review and staff interview, the facility failed to provide appropriate treatment and services for 1 of 1 resident reviewed with a foley catheter (a hollow, partially flexible tube that collects urine from the bladder and leads to a drainage bag), Resident ID #1, and for 1 of 1 resident with a suprapubic catheter (SP tube, a medical device that drains urine from the bladder through a small incision in the abdomen), Resident ID #2.Findings are as follows:Record review of a community reported complaint submitted to the Rhode Island Department of Health on 6/11/2026 alleges that Resident ID #1 has a foley catheter and had recently been hospitalized related to poor foley catheter care by the nursing facility. …
E · No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternJune 4, 2026
Based on clinical record review and staff interview the facility failed to provide appropriate treatment and services for 1 of 1 resident reviewed with an indwelling foley catheter (a flexible tube that collects urine from the bladder and empties the urine into a drainage bag), Resident ID #14.Findings are as follows:Record review revealed the resident was admitted to the facility in January of 2026 with diagnoses including, but not limited to, obstructive uropathy (a structural or functional hindrance of normal urine flow) and urinary retention.Record review of a hospital discharge document titled, Discharge summary dated [DATE] revealed the resident was treated for a catheter associated urinary tract infection with an order for a urology follow-up and consideration of a Transurethral… …
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