F-Tag F0880 — Infection Prevention & Control
Category: Infection Control Deficiencies
Official CMS facts
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
According to the loaded CMS Health Deficiency records, this tag has 23,352 citations across 11,742 unique facilities. 319 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity. The top recorded severity is L.
Top-Cited States for F-Tag F0880
- California — 3,420 citations
- Texas — 2,350 citations
- Ohio — 1,565 citations
- Illinois — 1,302 citations
- Missouri — 915 citations
Related F-Tags in Infection Control Deficiencies
- F-Tag F0883 — Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. (2,990 citations)
- F-Tag F0881 — Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (1,893 citations)
- F-Tag F0887 — Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. (1,158 citations)
- F-Tag F0882 — Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home. (863 citations)
- F-Tag F0886 — Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff. (426 citations)
POCDesk summary and practical use
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Source, freshness, and limitations
CMS nursing-home Provider Data is the source for the descriptive citation counts above. Counts may change as CMS updates data, and missing measures remain unknown rather than zero. Read the governing 42 CFR Part 483 and POCDesk’s editorial standards.
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