Based on interview and document review, it was determined that the facility, who was experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19 (a potentially deadly virus) failed to take immediate action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by failing to: a.) follow facility policy and pertinent guidance to conduct immediate COVID-19 testing for residents by either, a broad-based or contact tracing approach when two Certified Nurse Aide's (CNA #1) who was symptomatic with a cough and fatigue worked on Wing 2, tested COVID-19 positive on 02/05/23 and worked on 02/03/23 and 02/04/23, and CNA #2, who was symptomatic with a cough and congestion tested COVID-19 positive on 02/03/23 and worked on Wing 1 on 02/01/23, b.) conduct immediate resident broad-based testing per facility policy on 02/08/23, 02/11/23 and… …
F886 citations in New Jersey
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.
Against expectation — 2023
New Jersey cites F886 more often than its own record predicts
3.89 times the share F886 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in New Jersey in 2023, this is the portion that was F886.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What New Jersey surveyors wrote
F886 findings written in New Jersey, 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 the interview, record review, and review of other pertinent facility documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to conduct COVID-19 testing for two (2) of two (2) residents (Residents#132 and #39) and 16 of 16 staff identified as close contacts following a staff member testing positive for COVID-19 in accordance with the facility's policies and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for infection control and to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 (a deadly, highly transmissible infectious disease). …
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