Based on interviews and review of the Facility Assessment, the facility failed to designate one or more individuals as the infection preventionist who are responsible for the facility's infection prevention and control plan. Specifically, the facility failed to have a qualified infection preventionist with completed specialized training in infection prevention and control. Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled Infection Control Policy and Procedure, undated, indicated the following: -To help prevent the development and transmission of communicable disease and infection in the Facility and to ensure that the Facility: -Designates one or more individual(s) as the Infection Preventionist (IP) who are responsible for the facilities IPCP. …
F882 citations in Massachusetts
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 — 2025
Massachusetts cites F882 less often than its own record predicts
0.21 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Massachusetts in 2025, 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 Massachusetts surveyors wrote
F882 findings written in Massachusetts, 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.
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Massachusetts citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.11% | 0.45× |
| 2024 | 0.12% | 0.59× |
| 2025 | 0.04% | 0.21× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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