Based on record review, staff interviews, and review of the Registered Nurse (RN) Infection Preventionist (IP) job description, the facility failed to ensure that the person in the role of (IP) adequately assessed, developed, implemented, monitored, and managed the Infection Control and Prevention (IPCP) program, to prevent and control the spread of infections. Specifically, a Covid-19 outbreak began on August 2, 2023, and the facility's failure to implement the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Georgia Department of Public Health's (GDPH) recommended practices for contact tracing or broad-based testing, resulted in 28 residents and eight staff members testing positive, three Covid-19 related hospitalization s, and one Covid related death during this outbreak of Covid-19. …
F882 citations in Georgia
Infection preventionist · Infection Control Deficiencies
Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Georgia cites F882 more often than its own record predicts
2.29 times the share F882 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Georgia in 2024, this is the portion that was F882.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Georgia surveyors wrote
F882 findings written in Georgia, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
Based on staff interview and review of the facility policy titled, Infection Preventionist, the facility failed to ensure the designated Infection Preventionist (IP) (IP6) completed specialized training in infection prevention and control. This failure had the potential to affect the well-being of any of the 138 residents and/or the staff by not ensuring all current infection prevention and control measures were being instituted. Findings include: 1. Review of a document provided by the facility titled, Timecard for IP6 (employment dates of 06/25/2025-08/30/2025) indicated that she was hired as the Staff Development Coordinator who was also the facility's IP on 06/24/2025. The facility provided no evidence of IP6's specialized training in infection and prevention. 2. …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Georgia citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.51% | 2.04× |
| 2024 | 0.47% | 2.29× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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