This regulation requires nursing facilities to maintain medication error rates below 5 percent. Facility operators must monitor and track medication administration to ensure errors do not reach or exceed this threshold. This is a federal F-Tag standard applicable to long-term care/skilled nursing facilities under 42 CFR §483.45.
View official sourceF759 (Rev. 173, Issued: 11-22-17, Effective: 11-28-17, Implementation: 11-28-17) §483.45(f) Medication Errors. The facility must ensure that its— §483.45(f)(1) Medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater; and