F-Tag F0880 — Infection Prevention & Control
Category: Infection Control Deficiencies
F-Tag F0880 is a CMS skilled-nursing-facility regulatory requirement covering infection prevention & control. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this tag has been cited 23,352 times across 11,742 unique facilities. 319 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity. The top recorded severity for this tag is L.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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
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- 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)