Based on facility policy review, Infection Preventionist (IP) job description review, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure the IPs practiced using the most current guidance for infection control procedures related to Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP). The failure had the potential to affect 37 of 37 residents in the facility. The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Infection Control Plan, undated, revealed .Purpose .To provide overall direction to the facility wide Infection Control Program .Develop prevention, surveillance, and control measures to protect residents and personnel from healthcare-associated infection . …
F882 citations in Tennessee
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
Tennessee cites F882 more often than its own record predicts
1.27 times the share F882 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Tennessee 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 Tennessee surveyors wrote
F882 findings written in Tennessee, 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Tennessee citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.33% | 1.32× |
| 2024 | 0.12% | 0.59× |
| 2025 | 0.23% | 1.27× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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