Based on record review, interviews, and policy review, the facility failed to conduct routine and outbreak testing for COVID-19 for all staff and residents in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements, which potentially caused delays in identifying, treating, and isolating COVID-19 positive residents and staff on 3 of 3 resident-occupied floors of the facility (second floor, third floor, and fourth floor). …
F886 citations in Georgia
Infection Control Deficiencies
Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
No F886 citations were recorded in Georgia for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
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What Georgia surveyors wrote
F886 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 record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to provide adequate documentation of outbreak testing for COVID-19 in a manner consistent with current standards of practice for all staff on dates 1/3/22 and 1/4/22 for outbreak that started on 12/23/21. Findings include: An interview with the COVID-19 Testing Coordinator/Receptionist on 10/13/22 at 3:15 p.m. revealed that when staff came into test, they were to write down their name and once they tested and the results were provided to her, she entered the results into the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) database. She stated that there was no other form used in this facility. Review of staffing sheets dated for 1/3/22, 1/4/22, and 1/5/22, revealed there were no call outs due to COVID-19 symptoms. …
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