Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure all agency staff working in the facility were tested and had documented results of negative COVID-19 status prior to working with residents per Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance. In addition, the facility failed to ensure all facility staff were tested twice a week per CMS QSO memo NH-20-38. The facility's systemic failure of allowing agency staff with an unknown COVID-19 status to provide resident care increased the likelihood of transmission of COVID-19 which can lead to serious illness and death to any of the 82 residents in the facility who were at risk for contracting COVID-19. …
F886 citations in Ohio
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
Ohio cites F886 less often than its own record predicts
0.62 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Ohio 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 Ohio surveyors wrote
F886 findings written in Ohio, 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, staff interview, and facility policy review the facility failed to document COVID-19 test results in the resident record. This affected one (Former Resident #114) of three records reviewed for COVID-19. Findings include: Review of Former Resident (FR) #114 revealed an admitted [DATE] with diagnoses including metabolic encephalopathy, chronic kidney disease, depressive disorder, type two diabetes, insomnia, atherosclerotic heart disease, hypertension, heart failure, anxiety, peripheral vascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, gastro-esophageal heart disease, gastro-esophageal reflux disease, osteomyelitis left foot and ankle, acute respiratory failure with hypoxia, anemia, altered mental status, hypoxemia, and depressive disorder. …
Based on review of the facilities policy and staff interview, the facility failed to have procedures in place to address staff and residents who refuse or were unable to be tested for COVID-19. This had the potential to affect all 299 residents residing in the facility. Findings include: Interview on 10/20/20 at 1:15 P.M. with the Infection Preventionist (IP) #600 revealed the facility did not have a procedure to address staff and residents who refuse testing or were unable to be tested for COVID-19. She stated they have not had any staff who have refused testing so this had not been an issue that they facility needed to address. She was not able to articulate a clear procedure on how the facility would manage staff who refuse or were unable to be tested . …
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