Violation
Federal Tag F771The facility must provide or obtain laboratory services to
How CMS surveyors cite this F-tag, what facilities do to stay clear of it, and where it appears in the public record.
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Regulation text
What Federal Tag F771 actually says
Federal Tag F771
Ensure laboratory services, blood blanks and transfusion services provided on-site meet requirements for certified laboratories.
By the numbers
- 50*CMS
- facilities cited
- 16*CMS
- states where this F-tag appeared
- --*CMS
- rank among most-common citations
That is 1 in 294 nursing homes CMS surveyed.
SOURCE
*CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicescare_compare_citationsUpdated weekly
SOURCE
*CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicescare_compare_citationsUpdated weekly
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*CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicescare_compare_citationsUpdated weekly
50 nursing homes were cited for this. See the public record.
Regional record
Where this citation has appeared
Citation counts by state, drawn from CMS inspection records.
| State | Citations |
|---|---|
| MT | 9 |
| CA | 7 |
| MO | 6 |
| KS | 5 |
| NJ | 5 |
| MD | 4 |
| FL | 3 |
| KY | 2 |
| VA | 2 |
| HI | 1 |
SOURCE
*CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicescare_compare_citationsUpdated weekly
Public record
Check any nursing home for F771
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