Table 2.

Scope and Severity Classifications Used for Medicare/Medicaid Certification Survey Deficiencies and Percent of Nursing Homes Receiving Deficiency Citations for Resident Safety in 2007

Environmental Safety Deficiency Citationsa	Scope
Severity	Isolated	Pattern	Widespread
Potential for minimal harm	A (NR)	B 7.75% (420)	C 4.72% (256)
Potential for more than minimal harm	D 47.14% (2,556)	E 36.50% (1,979)	F 4.30% (233)
Other actual harm	G 10.20% (553)	H 0.26% (14)	I 0% (0)
Actual or potential for death/serious injury	J 0.98% (53)	K 1.05% (57)	L 0.37% (20)
Care Safety Deficiency Citationsb
Severity	Isolated	Pattern	Widespread
Potential for minimal harm	A (NR)	B 3.94% (218)	C 1.58% (88)
Potential for more than minimal harm	D 52.88% (2,928)	E 35.51% (1,966)	F 4.80% (266)
Other actual harm	G 0.70% (39)	H 0.13% (7)	I 0.05% (3)
Actual or potential for death/serious injury	J 0.09% (5)	K 0.22% (12)	L 0.09% (5)

Number in parentheses is the number of citations given in 2007.

Severity is the extent of harm to the resident.

Scope is the number of residents affected (Isolated defined as affecting a single or very limited number of residents; Pattern defined as affecting more than a very limited number of residents; Widespread defined as affecting a large portion or all residents).

NR, not recorded in the OSCAR.

For details on Deficiency Citations included in Environmental Safety Issues and Care Safety Issues see Appendix 1.

Note K-Tags are not recorded with scope and severity designations