Based on record review and staff interview the facility failed to develop, implement, and maintain an effective training program for annual training for existing employees consistent with their expected housekeeping roles, relative to environmental cleaning, per the facility assessment, for 3 of 5 employees reviewed, Staff D, E, and F.Findings are as follows:Record review of a community reported complaint submitted to the Rhode Island Department of Health on 7/8/2026, alleged in part, .Unsanitary Environment: The cleanliness of the facility was dangerously substandard. Floors in patient areas were left unswept and unwashed for days at a time. …
F940 citations in Rhode Island
Administration Deficiencies
Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Rhode Island cites F940 more often than its own record predicts
7.09 times the share F940 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2025, this is the portion that was F940.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F940 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Rhode Island citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.19% | 2.38× |
| 2024 | 0.59% | 6.26× |
| 2025 | 0.69% | 7.09× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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