F694: Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed
F694 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
It sits in CMS's quality of life and care category.
CMS Health Deficiencies file, data as of September 1, 2026. The files hold each home's last three standard inspections and three years of complaint visits.
How seriously inspectors rate it
Every citation gets a letter for how much harm inspectors found and how many residents it touched (how to read the letters). 23.2% of F694 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: B 4, D 1,027, E 153, G 14, J 8, K 4.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F694 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, August 7, 2026, scope and severity DBased on review of facility policy, clinical records, staff interviews, and resident observations it was determined that the facility failed to include care and management of a PICC line (peripherally inserted central catheter - a long thin flexible tube inserted into a vein in the upper arm and threaded to a large vein near the heart) consistent with professional standards of practice for one of two residents (Resident R181).
Providence Health & Rehab Center, Beaver Falls, PA
Inspectors wrote, July 28, 2026, scope and severity DBased on observation, record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure an intravenous (IV) access and fluids were initiated timely, flush orders were obtained from the physician, the flush was completed per policy, and the insertion site was monitored for signs and symptoms of adverse reaction, for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for parenteral fluids. (Resident C)
Ignite Medical Resort Chesterton, Chesterton, IN
Inspectors wrote, July 28, 2026, scope and severity EBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to administer enteral feeding (delivering liquid food and nutrients directly into the stomach or small intestine) per physician's order for two of four sampled residents (Residents 7 and 8) by failing to ensure Resident 7 and Resident 8 received the correct enteral feeding formula per the physician's order. This deficient practice caused enteral feeding error for Resident 7 and Resident 8, and potentially placed Resident 7 and Resident 8 at risk for adverse effects of the wrong feeding formula (liquid medical food delivered directly into the stomach through an abdominal opening).
Inland Valley Care and Rehabilitation Center, Pomona, CA
Most recent F694 citations at the harm or jeopardy level
Newest first, all 26 in the current files. Each home's page shows the citation in full context, with its correction status.
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2026 | Harvard Gardens Rehabilitation & Care Center | Cleveland, OH | G | Complaint |
| March 27, 2026 | Willow Brook Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | Kutztown, PA | J | Standard |
| February 13, 2026 | Highland Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia | Bellingham, WA | G | Complaint |
| October 31, 2025 | Avir at Veterans Memorial | Houston, TX | G | Complaint |
| October 29, 2025 | Careone at Hanover Township | Whippany, NJ | G | Complaint |
| June 5, 2025 | Magnolia Ridge | Gardendale, AL | J | Complaint |
| March 19, 2025 | Accel at College Station | College Station, TX | K | Complaint |
| March 19, 2025 | Archer Heights Healthcare | Chicago, IL | J | Complaint |
| February 20, 2025 | Roswell Center for Nursing and Healing LLC | Roswell, GA | G | Complaint |
| January 11, 2025 | Park Place Care Center | Georgetown, TX | K | Complaint |
| December 11, 2024 | The Citadel at Saint Joseph Village | Freeport, IL | G | Standard |
| November 14, 2024 | Watertown Health Care Center | Watertown, WI | J | Standard |
| November 6, 2024 | Cornerstone Retirement Community | Texarkana, TX | J | Standard |
| October 24, 2024 | Paradigm at First Colony | Missouri City, TX | K | Complaint |
| October 11, 2024 | Sunland Post Acute | Sunland, CA | G | Standard |
| October 3, 2024 | Luxe at Jupiter Rehabilitation Center (the) | Jupiter, FL | G | Complaint |
| August 26, 2024 | Nortonville Health Care Center | Nortonville, KS | J | Complaint |
| June 14, 2024 | Avir at Stephenville | Stephenville, TX | K | Standard |
| May 17, 2024 | Madera Post Acute Center | El Monte, CA | G | Complaint |
| April 12, 2024 | Villa Maria Post Acute and Rehabilitation | Tucson, AZ | G | Complaint |
| February 8, 2024 | Dublin Post Acute | Dublin, OH | G | Complaint |
| November 11, 2023 | Arc at Normal | Normal, IL | G | Complaint |
| October 19, 2023 | The Carlyle at Stonebridge Park | Southlake, TX | J | Complaint |
| September 14, 2023 | Royal Norwell Nursing & Rehabilitation Center LLC | Norwell, MA | J | Standard |
| March 17, 2022 | Courtland Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | Courtland, VA | G | Standard |
| May 7, 2021 | Mountain View Healthcare Center | Mountain View, CA | G | Standard |
Most recent F694 citations
F694 citations by state
Counts depend on how many homes a state has and how often its inspectors visit, so a larger number is not by itself a worse record.
By inspection year: 2018 1, 2019 12, 2020 9, 2021 33, 2022 49, 2023 206, 2024 337, 2025 347, 2026 216.
Common questions
- What is F694 in a nursing home inspection?
- F694 is the federal requirement to "provide for the safe, appropriate administration of iv fluids for a resident when needed". CMS files it under quality of life and care. A home cited under F694 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F694 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 1,210 F694 citations at 1,049 nursing homes, 294 of them in the 12 months to that date. 2.1% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F694 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F694 citations (97.5%) were rated as potential for more than minimal harm, D to F. 12 were immediate jeopardy, the most serious level.
The interpretive guidance inspectors use for each F-tag is CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. NursingHomeClear reports the citations as CMS records them and is not affiliated with CMS. All F-tags · Methodology