Based on record review, review of professional reference, and resident and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure provision of care and services consistent with accepted professional standards of practice for 1 of 1 sampled resident (Resident #10) on hemodialysis. Failure to routinely assess and monitor the resident's hemodialysis vascular access site (fistula) may delay the identification of complications, including infection, clotting, bleeding, or loss of vascular access. Findings include:Review of the Core Curriculum for the Dialysis Technician - A Compressive Review of Dialysis, Fifth Edition, page 121 and 127 states, . Vascular access makes chronic hemodialysis (HD) possible . An access is an HD patient's lifeline. …
F698 citations in North Dakota
Dialysis · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
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Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
North Dakota cites F698 less often than its own record predicts
0.74 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in North Dakota in 2025, this is the portion that was F698.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What North Dakota surveyors wrote
F698 findings written in North Dakota, 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of North Dakota citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.35% | 0.43× |
| 2024 | 0.25% | 0.33× |
| 2025 | 0.55% | 0.74× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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