Tube feeding · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
F693 in South Carolina. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
South Carolina cites F693 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share1.37×
1.37 times the share F693 takes of citations nationally.
Share of South Carolina citations0.96%
Of every deficiency written in South Carolina in 2025, this is the portion that was F693.
South Carolina0.96%
National0.70%
Share of all citations that were F693.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What South Carolina surveyors wrote
F693 findings written in South Carolina, 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.
J · Immediate jeopardy, isolatedMay 13, 2026
Based on review of the facility policy, observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure Resident (R)7 received appropriate care and services to prevent complications related to enteral feeding, for 1 of 2 residents reviewed.On 05/13/26, R7's Gastrostomy tube (G-Tube) site was observed with a dressing dated 05/03/26 stuck to the skin and a brown, crusted substance noted around the stoma. On 05/13/26, the State Agency (SA) determined that the facility's non-compliance with one or more federal health, safety, and/or quality regulations has caused or was likely to cause serious injury, serious harm, serious impairment, or death. …
Based on review of the facility policy, record review, observations, and interviews, the facility failed to ensure Resident (R)281 received prescribed tube feeding for 1 of 1 resident receiving tube feeding. This failure caused R281's blood sugar levels to drop, warranting additional orders needing to be obtained to increase his blood sugar to an acceptable level.
Findings include:
Review of the facility policy titled, Enteral and Parenteral Feedings, with a complete revision of May 5, 2023 revealed Nutritional complete enteral (tube) feedings may be indicated for residents who are unable to obtain adequate nutritional intake orally or whose clinical condition demonstrates that enteral feedings are unavoidable. Obtain a physicians order for all enteral feedings. …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedJuly 17, 2026
Based on observation, interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to provide Resident (R)89 enteral tube feeding formula as ordered and failed to label the tube feeding formula bottle with the resident's name, date, time, and infusion rate for 1 of 3 sampled residents reviewed for tube feeding. Findings included: Review of a facility policy titled, Enteral Nutrition, revised 11/2018, indicated, Adequate nutritional support through enteral nutrition is provided to residents as ordered. Review of an admission Record revealed the facility admitted R89 on 02/03/2020. According to the admission Record, the resident had a medical history that included but was not limited to diagnoses of dysphagia and attention to gastrostomy. …
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